Belgium vs Switzerland: Employment by professional status
Employment by professional status over time
- Belgium
- Switzerland
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 5,147 Persons against 4,886 Persons in Switzerland, a difference of 261 Persons.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Switzerland ahead.
Belgium ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 20th of 33 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,909 Persons | 3,848 Persons | 61.2 Persons | Belgium |
| 2000s | 4,217 Persons | 4,035 Persons | 182.42 Persons | Belgium |
| 2010s | 4,596 Persons | 4,488 Persons | 108.26 Persons | Belgium |
| 2020s | 4,981 Persons | 4,794 Persons | 186.81 Persons | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by professional status, Belgium or Switzerland?
- Belgium, at 5,147 Persons against 4,886 Persons in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by professional status between Belgium and Switzerland?
- 261 Persons, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Switzerland?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Switzerland rank globally for employment by professional status?
- Belgium ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 20th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.