# Belgium Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted

Belgium Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was up 0.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,138.7 THS_PER.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.5% (Q2 2020) to 2.4% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (122 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,138.7 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,136.3 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,132.9 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,129.6 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,125.3 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,117.8 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,112.5 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,104.2 THS_PER | 0.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,101.2 THS_PER | 0.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,102.2 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,098.2 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,096.6 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,093.7 THS_PER | 0.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,083.4 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,074.3 THS_PER | 1.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,062.0 THS_PER | 1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,048.5 THS_PER | 2.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,026.6 THS_PER | 2.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,005.3 THS_PER | 2.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,978.8 THS_PER | 2.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,938.3 THS_PER | 1.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,906.9 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,892.5 THS_PER | −0.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,874.6 THS_PER | −0.4 |

## API

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

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