Administrative activity rate of 15-64 year olds

The activity rate expresses the ratio to the working-age population (15-64) of people who actually enter the labour market, whether they are employed or unemployed. That rate therefore reflects behaviour in relation to the labour market, which is itself a function of a considerable number of variables relating as much to the individual, his family and his culture as to the economic and institutional context in which he operates. See also: - on our website 'Labour Market Statistics', The Employment Accounts and the IWEPS Working Paper No 13. Note: From 2011, the indicators are calculated on the basis of Steunpunt Werk estimates, which showed a break in series in 2017: the methodology for estimating non-taxable students is changed and employees of international organisations have been included in the employed assets. In 2019, the source used by Steunpunt Werk for the number of outgoing cross-border commuters changes, which leads to a drop in employment, and therefore also in activity, and an increase in the unemployment rate, which can be significant in some border municipalities. As a result of this problem and the delay in Steunpunt Werk’s estimates due to the increasing difficulty of obtaining sufficiently detailed data on employed workers, from 2019 the indicators are calculated on the basis of provisional estimates from IWEPS. More information on the IWEPS website: - the "[\2](\1)" - the "[\2](\1)" - labour market statistics