- 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.
EU exports support 38 million jobs, up two thirds from 2000. More than 14 million of these workers are women. One in five jobs in the EU depends on exports.
EU exports support a significant share of jobs in all countries across the EU.
