{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"be-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-minimum-wage/","title":"Belgium Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"Belgium's Minimum Wage: 2,091 EUR per month in 2025, +2.9% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Belgium","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"Belgium","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Belgium Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Belgium"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Belgium (2025)","value":"2,091","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+2.9% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+2.9%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Belgium Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":1096},{"period":"2001","value":1129},{"period":"2002","value":1151.5},{"period":"2003","value":1174.5},{"period":"2004","value":1186},{"period":"2005","value":1210},{"period":"2006","value":1234},{"period":"2007","value":1271},{"period":"2008","value":1323},{"period":"2009","value":1388},{"period":"2010","value":1388},{"period":"2011","value":1429.5},{"period":"2012","value":1458},{"period":"2013","value":1502},{"period":"2014","value":1502},{"period":"2015","value":1502},{"period":"2016","value":1517},{"period":"2017","value":1547.5},{"period":"2018","value":1563},{"period":"2019","value":1594},{"period":"2020","value":1610},{"period":"2021","value":1626},{"period":"2022","value":1750},{"period":"2023","value":1955},{"period":"2024","value":2032},{"period":"2025","value":2091}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"2091.0","yoyChange":"+2.9%"},{"year":"2024","value":"2032.0","yoyChange":"+3.9%"},{"year":"2023","value":"1955.0","yoyChange":"+11.7%"},{"year":"2022","value":"1750.0","yoyChange":"+7.6%"},{"year":"2021","value":"1626.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2020","value":"1610.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2019","value":"1594.0","yoyChange":"+2.0%"},{"year":"2018","value":"1563.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2017","value":"1547.5","yoyChange":"+2.0%"},{"year":"2016","value":"1517.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2015","value":"1502.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2014","value":"1502.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2013","value":"1502.0","yoyChange":"+3.0%"},{"year":"2012","value":"1458.0","yoyChange":"+2.0%"},{"year":"2011","value":"1429.5","yoyChange":"+3.0%"},{"year":"2010","value":"1388.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2009","value":"1388.0","yoyChange":"+4.9%"},{"year":"2008","value":"1323.0","yoyChange":"+4.1%"},{"year":"2007","value":"1271.0","yoyChange":"+3.0%"},{"year":"2006","value":"1234.0","yoyChange":"+2.0%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in Belgium in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 2,091 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,096 in 2000. The latest reading of 2,091 in 2025 represents a change of +2.9%."}]}