# Belgium Activity (participation) rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA

Belgium Activity (participation) rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA was 86.6% in Q2 2026, up 0.2 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2010.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 83.3% (Q2 2020) to 86.6% (Q2 2026), averaging 85.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-PRIME`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of population
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/activity-participation-rate-prime-age-25-54-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 86.6% |
| Q1 2026 | 86.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 86.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 85.5% |
| Q2 2025 | 86.1% |
| Q1 2025 | 85.9% |
| Q4 2024 | 86.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 85.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 85.7% |
| Q1 2024 | 85.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 86.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 85.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 85.0% |
| Q1 2023 | 86.2% |
| Q4 2022 | 86.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 85.8% |
| Q2 2022 | 85.7% |
| Q1 2022 | 86.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 86.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 86.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 85.2% |
| Q1 2021 | 84.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 84.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 84.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-PRIME"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-PRIME",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```