Belgium: Unemployment rate
Percent · 1921–2025 · 100 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp
- 2025
- 6.20%percent
- Change on 2024
- +0.5 pointsfrom 5.72%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 6.11%10 years
- Record high and low
- 11.9% (1932)low 0.60% (1923)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 5.80 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 5.80 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 5.90 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 6.00 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 6.50 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 5.83 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 6.20 | |
| 2024 | 5.72 | |
| 2023 | 5.53 | |
| 2022 | 5.56 | |
| 2021 | 6.28 | |
| 2020 | 5.56 | |
| 2019 | 5.38 | |
| 2018 | 5.97 | |
| 2017 | 7.10 | |
| 2016 | 7.83 |
Sources
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1921–2020
- Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
- AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1971–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
- World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
- International Labour Organization2000–2023
- Eurostat2009–2025
- IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
- AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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