BE · 2023 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Belgium, 2023
Unemployment rate by sex
11.0
Belgium, 2023
▼ 1.8% vs 2022 (11.2)
Analysis
In 2023, Belgium's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 1.8% compared to 2022, reaching 11.0.
Belgium accounts for 90.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.
Belgium ranks 15th 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 8.3% (from 12.0 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
90.2%
EU-27: 12.2
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120