In 2022, unemployment decreased in Belgium. However, unemployment figures were constantly higher in the male population than in the female population. In 2022, for instance, 163,000 men were unemployed compared to 130,000 women.
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2022, by gender
* 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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