Belgium: economically inactive population, by region 2008-2019

From 2008 to 2019, the economically inactive population in Belgium varied from one region to another. In 2019, roughly 841 thousand people were economically inactive in the region of Wallonia, about 282 thousand in the Brussels-Capital Region, and approximately 1.17 million in the Flemish Region. In the most recent years, the inactive population decreased in Flanders, whereas it increased in Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region.

Economically inactive population in Belgium from 2008 to 2019, by region

Characteristic	Flemish Region	Brussels-Capital Region	Walloon Region
2019	1,139,529	282,330	841,561
2018	1,171,614	276,924	840,598
2017	1,218,041	269,815	837,574
2016	1,251,418	266,463	842,200
2015	1,245,655	271,567	842,873
2014	1,248,529	261,791	834,845
2013	1,255,212	270,931	830,040
2012	1,283,186	266,268	845,079
2011	1,276,040	265,485	861,216
2010	1,239,745	249,877	831,085
2009	1,262,824	250,602	843,330
2008	1,256,200	239,306	831,114

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2008 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Statistics Belgium defines an economically inactive person as a person who was not economically active nor unemployed during the reference week. Examples are housewives, housemen, students, volunteers, and retired people. They cannot have been paid for doing labor during the reference week.

Belgium is divided into 3 regions: the Flemish Region, the Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon Region. Each region has its own Regional Parliament and a Regional Government.

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