Unemployment rate: Belgium
5.906% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.906 |
| 2024 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 5.547 |
| 2022 | 5.57 |
| 2021 | 6.248 |
| 2020 | 5.545 |
| 2019 | 5.364 |
| 2018 | 5.941 |
| 2017 | 7.09 |
| 2016 | 7.83 |
| 2015 | 8.482 |
| 2014 | 8.523 |
| 2013 | 8.425 |
| 2012 | 7.542 |
| 2011 | 7.14 |
| 2010 | 8.293 |
| 2009 | 7.908 |
| 2008 | 6.976 |
| 2007 | 7.459 |
| 2006 | 8.246 |
| 2005 | 8.44 |
| 2004 | 7.363 |
| 2003 | 7.68 |
| 2002 | 6.91 |
| 2001 | 6.178 |
| 2000 | 6.586 |
| 1999 | 8.649 |
| 1998 | 9.322 |
| 1997 | 8.95 |
| 1996 | 9.483 |
| 1995 | 9.337 |
| 1994 | 9.645 |
| 1993 | 8.078 |
| 1992 | 6.702 |
| 1991 | 6.984 |