Belgium vs Netherlands: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Belgium's Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 49.78, compared to Netherlands's 62.71. That makes Belgium's value 20.6% lower than Netherlands's.
Belgium
Rank #119 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 49.78
- Year-over-year
- -0.4%
- 10-year change
- +3.6%
- Peak
- 50.03 (2022)
- Trough
- 45.82 (2006)
Netherlands
Rank #30 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 62.71
- Year-over-year
- -0.3%
- 10-year change
- +3.2%
- Peak
- 63.08 (2023)
- Trough
- 59.76 (2006)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0.