Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2023, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 1.8% compared to 2022, reaching 16.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.6%.

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 grown by 0.6% (from 16.0% in 2018).

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