Belgium vs Netherlands: 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 Netherlands's 71.89. That makes Belgium's value 18.0% lower than Netherlands's.
Belgium
Rank #165 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 58.95
- Year-over-year
- -0.6%
- 10-year change
- 0.0%
- Peak
- 61.15 (2007)
- Trough
- 58.31 (2020)
Netherlands
Rank #71 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 71.89
- Year-over-year
- -0.4%
- 10-year change
- -0.7%
- Peak
- 74.89 (2006)
- Trough
- 71.30 (2021)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.