BE · 2022 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Belgium, 2022
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
5.6%
Belgium, 2022
▼ 11.1% vs 2021 (6.3%)
Analysis
In 2022, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 11.1% compared to 2021, reaching 5.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.2%.
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 fallen by 22.2% (from 7.2% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
90.3%
EU-27: 6.2%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a