Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2021, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age increased by 14.5% compared to 2020, reaching 18.2%.

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

Belgium ranks 10th 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 10.3% (from 20.3% in 2016).

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