From 2017 to 2022, unemployment in Belgium was remained stable. In 2022, there were 67,600 unemployed people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old. For those aged 25 and 54 years old, this figure stood at 191,400 unemployed people.
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2017 to 2022, by age
* 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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