Belgium
Region
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP, 2019)
17
Population ( UNFPA, 2019)
11.6 million
Total number of volunteers (ILO, 2015)
No data
Direct volunteering (ILO, 2015)
1,914
Organization-based (ILO, 2015)
1,877
Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
Total volunteering by gender
Direct volunteering by gender
Organization-based volunteering by gender
Measurement work
Data source
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
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2013
- Time Use Survey
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2014
- Labour Force Survey
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2015
- Social Survey
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
No data
Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?
No data
VNR Reporting
Pathways to Sustainable Development First Belgian National Voluntary Review on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
View source
Reporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
Paragraph 1, page 36
The Belgian association Ex-ChangeExpertise sends expert volunteers to various African countries to transfer competences in finance (to microcredit structures), hospitality services, SME training, agronomy (to cooperatives) and epidemiology (8.3).
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