BE · 2018 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Belgium, 2018

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
58.9
Belgium, 2018
▲ 2.4% vs 2017 (57.5)
Analysis

In 2018, Belgium's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) increased by 2.4% compared to 2017, reaching 58.9.

Belgium accounts for 93.6% of the EU-27 total of 62.9.

Belgium ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 57.9 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
93.6%
EU-27: 62.9
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