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Observation period
Sep 2024
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Highest
11.00 % on Nov 30, 1983
Lowest
4.90 % on Apr 30, 2020
About Belgium unemployment rate
In Belgium, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Belgium unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Belgium unemployment rate is 4.90%.
The highest figure Belgium unemployment rate has ever reached is 11.00%.
Last month Belgium unemployment rate was 5.50%, and the month before that it amounted to 5.40%.