BE · 2025 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Belgium, 2025

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
58.6
Belgium, 2025
▼ 1.7% vs 2024 (59.6)
Analysis

In 2025, Belgium's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 58.6.

Belgium accounts for 89.3% of the EU-27 total of 65.6.

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 0.9% (from 58.1 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
89.3%
EU-27: 65.6
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025