Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age increased by 8.8% compared to 2024, reaching 6.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.0%.

Belgium ranks 11th 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 6.9% (from 5.8% in 2020).

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