Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)

In 2024, Belgium's youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24) increased by 9.8% compared to 2023, reaching 5.60.

Belgium accounts for 91.8% of the EU-27 total of 6.10.

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 grown by 27.3% (from 4.40 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.