EU 6.25
· European ranking
15 / 34
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.20% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -0.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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· 2025 · 11 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+103.23
12.60
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2+45.16
9.00
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3+24.19
7.70
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4+16.13
7.20
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5+8.06
6.70
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5+8.06
6.70
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7-11.29
5.50
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8-29.03
4.40
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9-30.65
4.30
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10-32.26
4.20
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11-51.61
3.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Unemployment rate is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.2% versus 6.3% in 2025, a gap of 0.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.80% in 2020 to 6.20% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.70% in 2024 to 6.20% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Belgium
In Belgium, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest records the highest value (12.6%) and Prov. West-Vlaanderen the lowest (3%), a gap of 9.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.