BE · 2020 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Belgium, 2020
Unemployment rate by sex
11.6
Belgium, 2020
▲ 5.5% vs 2019 (11.0)
Analysis
In 2020, Belgium's unemployment rate by sex increased by 5.5% compared to 2019, reaching 11.6.
Belgium accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 14.4.
Belgium ranks 19th 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 33.3% (from 17.4 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
80.6%
EU-27: 14.4
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120