Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age increased by 3.6% compared to 2023, reaching 5.7%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 5.9%.

Belgium ranks 13th 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 3.6% (from 5.5% in 2019).

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