BE · 2019 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Belgium, 2019
Unemployment rate by sex
11.0
Belgium, 2019
▼ 8.3% vs 2018 (12.0)
Analysis
In 2019, Belgium's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 8.3% compared to 2018, reaching 11.0.
Belgium accounts for 80.9% of the EU-27 total of 13.6.
Belgium ranks 14th 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 36.8% (from 17.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
80.9%
EU-27: 13.6
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120