The number of unemployed people in Belgium fluctuated from 2008 to 2020. During this period, unemployment fell from 423,039 people in 2014 to 281,703 in 2020. However, the unemployed population was rather unstable, as it increased from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2014.
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2020
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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Statbel. (April 20, 2021). Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
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