Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium

Belgium: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment was 0.3578 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.3578
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
4th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.4136
in 2005
All-time low
0.3367
in 2011
Years of data
17
2004–2020

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium, 2004–2020

00.10.20.30.42004201220202004: 0.3932005: 0.4142006: 0.4112007: 0.4042008: 0.3432009: 0.3472010: 0.3372011: 0.3372012: 0.342013: 0.3492014: 0.3512015: 0.3512016: 0.3592017: 0.3572018: 0.352019: 0.3582020: 0.358

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Belgium recorded 0.3578 for public sector employment, as a share of total employment in 2020.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium peaked at 0.4136 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.3367, in 2011.

That places Belgium 4th out of 79 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium, year by year

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium, 2004 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2004 0.393
2005 0.4136 +5.2%
2006 0.4107 -0.7%
2007 0.4043 -1.5%
2008 0.3428 -15.2%
2009 0.3471 +1.3%
2010 0.3372 -2.9%
2011 0.3367 -0.1%
2012 0.34 +1.0%
2013 0.3489 +2.6%
2014 0.3507 +0.5%
2015 0.3509 +0.0%
2016 0.3587 +2.2%
2017 0.3575 -0.3%
2018 0.3505 -2.0%
2019 0.3582 +2.2%
2020 0.3578 -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3853 0.3428 0.4136 6
2010s 0.3489 0.3367 0.3587 10
2020s 0.3578 0.3578 0.3578 1

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 1 Maldives 0.471 compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 0.4493 compare
  3. 3 Ukraine 0.3867 compare
  4. 5 Denmark 0.3252 compare
  5. 6 Luxembourg 0.3154 compare
  6. 7 Republic of Moldova 0.3029 compare

See the full ranking of 79 places →

More reference data data for Belgium

All data for Belgium →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium?
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium was 0.3578 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of total employment recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 0.4136 in 2005.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of total employment recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3367 in 2011.
How does Belgium rank for public sector employment, as a share of total employment?
Belgium ranks 4th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is public sector employment, as a share of total employment rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium. Statizoid. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-2/belgium/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-2/belgium/">Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Belgium</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
79 places, 1,004 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed