Belgium's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) was 33.09% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.8 percentage points from 31.3% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33.09% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 35.07% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 31.3% | 2014 |
| Highest | 36.52% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 24.53% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 33.69% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 24.53% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Belgium's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) fell 0.59 percentage points on 2023 (from 33.69% to 33.09%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.85 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.32 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Belgium had the 18th highest value of the 33 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Belgium in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
The female share of employment in senior and middle management conveys the number of women in management as a percentage of employment in management. Employment in management is defined based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations. This series refers to senior and middle management only, thus excluding junior management (category 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 and minus category 13 in ISCO-88).
Limitations: The main limitation of this indicator is that it fails to capture the differences in the levels of responsibility of women in their respective managerial position, or the importance of the enterprises and organizations in which they are employed. Its quality is also significantly impacted by the reliability of the employment statistics by occupation at the two-digit level of the ISCO. Whenever data at the two-digit level of the ISCO are not available, data at the one-digit level could be used as a proxy, referring only to major group 1 of ISCO-08 or ISCO-88, rather than to also refer to major group 1 minus category 14 of ISCO-08 or major group 1 minus category 13 of ISCO-88.
All 25 values
| Year | Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 33.09 |
| 2023 | 33.69 |
| 2022 | 35.26 |
| 2021 | 34.45 |
| 2020 | 36.52 |
| 2019 | 35.07 |
| 2018 | 32.87 |
| 2017 | 32.94 |
| 2016 | 31.98 |
| 2015 | 31.04 |
| 2014 |
Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Belgium
- Net migration — 31,989 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 186,393 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 5.64% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 6.66% (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 6.18% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 51.63% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 85.42% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Belgium's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)?
- 33.09% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 8.56 percentage points from 24.53% in 2000. The highest value was 36.52% in 2020 and the lowest 24.53% in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank?
- 18th highest of 33 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) unusual for Belgium?
- In 2024, Belgium's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) fell 0.59 percentage points on 2023 (from 33.69% to 33.09%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.EMP.SMGT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Market-related SDG Indicators database (ILOSDG), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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