# Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by employment rate, 2025

All 11 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Employment rates by NUTS 2 region, 20 to 64 (lfst_r_lfe2emprt) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfe2emprt/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Employment rates by NUTS 2 region, 20 to 64 (lfst_r_lfe2emprt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfe2emprt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employment-rate/belgium-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/employment-rate/belgium-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 79.2 |
| 2 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 78.8 |
| 3 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 77.1 |
| 4 | Prov. Antwerpen | 76.2 |
| 5 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 75 |
| 6 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 74.2 |
| 7 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 73 |
| 8 | Prov. Namur | 71.1 |
| 9 | Prov. Liège | 66 |
| 10 | Prov. Hainaut | 65.3 |
| 11 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 63.9 |