EU
Belgium
~35%
Work in exposed occupations
~1.78 m · estimate · 2025
5.9%
Unemployment
−0.1 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
19.1%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Jun 2026
3.3%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
72.8%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
35%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.67
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
5.14 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
BelgiumEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Belgium
- 44Not exposed
- 21Minimal
- 4Low
- 13Medium
- 11High
- 7Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+3.4%
Change 2025→2035
1.52 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
1.35 m
Replacement demand
+175 k
Expansion
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators+31.7%
- Information and communications technology professionals+27.9%
- Business and administration professionals+20.2%
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers+19.3%
- Health professionals+18.8%
- Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport+16.7%
- Refuse workers and other elementary workers−15.8%
- Protective services workers−17.5%
- Science and engineering associate professionals−21.4%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−42.3%
- Customer services clerks−47.5%
- Other clerical support workers−60.7%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
22%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
35%
of skills will change
global: 39%
93%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.