Long-term unemployment rate by sex

In 2024, Belgium's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 9.1% compared to 2023, reaching 8.00.

Belgium accounts for 105.3% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.8% (from 8.40 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.