BE · 2024 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Belgium, 2024

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
59.6
Belgium, 2024
▼ 0.7% vs 2023 (60.0)
Analysis

In 2024, Belgium's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 59.6.

Belgium accounts for 90.4% of the EU-27 total of 65.9.

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 fallen by 2.1% (from 60.9 in 2019).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
90.4%
EU-27: 65.9
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025