EU 7.05
· European ranking
2 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
11.00% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.05 · +4.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Regional map
· 2025 · 11 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+100.91
22.10
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2+69.09
18.60
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3+33.64
14.70
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4+5.45
11.60
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5-7.27
10.20
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6-21.82
8.60
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7-30.91
7.60
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8-36.36
7.00
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9-43.64
6.20
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10-44.55
6.10
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11-50.91
5.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Belgium performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 11.0% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 4.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 12.40% in 2020 to 11.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.40% in 2024 to 11.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Belgium
In Belgium, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest records the highest value (22.1%) and Prov. Vlaams-Brabant the lowest (5.4%), a gap of 16.7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.