The number of unemployed people in Belgium fluctuated from 2008 to 2022. During this period, unemployment fell from 423,000 people in 2014 to 293,000 in 2022. However, the unemployed population was rather unstable, as it increased from 2008 to 2010, from 2011 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2021..
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2022
Statistics Belgium defines an unemployed person according to the criteria of the International Labour Organization. An employed person is a person aged 15 years or older who during the reference week was without a job, a person who was available for a job and started work within 2 weeks after the reference week, or a person who was actively looking for a job during the previous 4 weeks, including the reference week.
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Statbel. (March 29, 2023). Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
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