Record number of long-term sick people in Belgium, but figures have increased less quickly

A record number of more than 576,000 people received disability benefits in 2025 because they had been sick at home for more than a year. This is evident from figures from the Riziv that were reported by ‘De Tijd’ and ‘De Morgen’ on Friday. If you do not take into account the influx due to the higher retirement age, the increase was less large than before.

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