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Belgium vs Ireland: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Belgium's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 58.95, compared to Ireland's 70.11. That makes Belgium's value 15.9% lower than Ireland's.

Belgium

Rank #165 of 182 globally

Belgium trend
Latest (2025)
58.95
Year-over-year
-0.6%
10-year change
0.0%
Peak
61.15 (2007)
Trough
58.31 (2020)

Ireland

Rank #87 of 182 globally

Ireland trend
Latest (2025)
70.11
Year-over-year
-0.4%
10-year change
+1.6%
Peak
76.56 (2006)
Trough
67.35 (2020)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.