Main Skills Needed for Enterprise Development by Company Size – Belgium

Key Insights:

• Specialist skills consistently ranked highest across all years (70.0% in 2010, 60.7% in 2015, 52.5% in 2020)
• Teamwork skills showed high values but declined significantly (59.1% in 2010 to 42.5% in 2020)
• Customer handling experienced a major drop between 2010-2015 (60.8% to 45.4%) with slight recovery by 2020 (46.1%)
• Problem-solving skills had significant decline (54.1% in 2010 to 32.7% in 2020)
• Numerical literacy had the steepest decline, dropping from 11.7% in 2010 to just 1.2% in 2020
• The period 2010-2015 shows the most significant reductions across almost all skill categories

Chart Type: Line Chart

Colors Used: Primary color #18baa8 with varying opacity levels for different skill categories

Chart Description: This line chart displays the evolution of training for key enterprise skills in Belgium from 2010 to 2020, showing the percentage of all enterprises providing training for each skill type. The chart reveals significant changes in skill priorities over the decade, with notable declines in most skill areas between 2010 and 2015, followed by some recovery by 2020.