BE · 2018 · tepsr_wc170

Unemployment rate by age

Belgium, 2018

Unemployment rate by age
15.8
Belgium, 2018
▼ 18.1% vs 2017 (19.3)
Analysis

In 2018, Belgium's unemployment rate by age decreased by 18.1% compared to 2017, reaching 15.8.

Belgium accounts for 98.1% of the EU-27 total of 16.1.

Belgium ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.3% (from 23.7 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
98.1%
EU-27: 16.1
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