BE · 2025 · tespm080
Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)
Belgium, 2025
Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)
6.00
Belgium, 2025
▲ 7.1% vs 2024 (5.60)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24) increased by 7.1% compared to 2024, reaching 6.00.
Belgium accounts for 96.8% of the EU-27 total of 6.20.
Belgium ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.4% (from 4.40 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#12 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
96.8%
EU-27: 6.20
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tespm080