BE · 2025 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Belgium, 2025
Unemployment rate by sex
12.4
Belgium, 2025
▲ 8.8% vs 2024 (11.4)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's unemployment rate by sex increased by 8.8% compared to 2024, reaching 12.4.
Belgium accounts for 103.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.0.
Belgium ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.9% (from 11.6 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
103.3%
EU-27: 12.0
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120