Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium

Belgium: Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights was 26.9 in 2007. ▼ Falling

Latest (2007)
26.9
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
8th
of 29 countries
All-time high
29.7
in 1996
All-time low
26.7
in 2006
Years of data
12
1996–2007

Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium, 1996–2007

01020301996200120071996: 29.71997: 28.51998: 281999: 28.22000: 27.32001: 27.62002: 27.52003: 27.52004: 27.32005: 26.82006: 26.72007: 26.9

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

In 2007, labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium stood at 26.9.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium peaked at 29.7 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 26.7, in 2006.

That places Belgium 8th out of 29 countries with data for 2007, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium, year by year

Annual values for Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium, 1996 to 2007.
Year Value Change
1996 29.7
1997 28.5 -4.0%
1998 28 -1.8%
1999 28.2 +0.7%
2000 27.3 -3.2%
2001 27.6 +1.1%
2002 27.5 -0.4%
2003 27.5 +0.0%
2004 27.3 -0.7%
2005 26.8 -1.8%
2006 26.7 -0.4%
2007 26.9 +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28.6 28 29.7 4
2000s 27.2 26.7 27.6 8

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 5 Spain 83.6 compare
  2. 6 Netherlands 46.8 compare
  3. 7 Sweden 29.1 compare
  4. 9 Austria 22.6 compare
  5. 10 Denmark 19.3 compare
  6. 11 Poland 17.8 compare

See the full ranking of 29 places →

More work & labour data for Belgium

All data for Belgium →

Frequently asked questions

What is labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium?
Labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium was 26.9 in 2007, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 29.7 in 1996.
What is the lowest labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 26.7 in 2006.
How does Belgium rank for labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights?
Belgium ranks 8th out of 29 countries with data for 2007.
Is labour cost index by nace rev. 1.1 activity - country weights rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/labour-cost-index-by-nace-rev-1-1-activity-country-weights/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 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/labour-cost-index-by-nace-rev-1-1-activity-country-weights/belgium/">Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights in Belgium</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
29 places, 343 data points, 1996–2007
Last refreshed