- Trade topics
- Trade and jobs
- EU exporter
- Belgium
Belgian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €181 billion in 2019. And this keeps 1.1 million Belgian workers busy.
- Belgian extra-EU exports support 844,000 jobs in Belgium.
- Another 240,000 Belgian workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
- This means 22% of jobs in Belgium depends on EU exports.
- Belgian extra-EU exports also support over 367,000 jobs in EU countries.
- In Belgium, most people in export-related jobs are medium-skilled workers.
- 75% of export-related jobs in Belgium are in services.