BE · 2018 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

Belgium, 2018

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
16.0%
Belgium, 2018
▼ 17.5% vs 2017 (19.4%)
Analysis

In 2018, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 17.5% compared to 2017, reaching 16.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.7%.

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 fallen by 33.1% (from 23.9% in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
95.8%
EU-27: 16.7%
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