The number of unemployed people in Belgium fluctuated from 2008 to 2021. During this period, unemployment fell from 423,039 people in 2014 to 322,949 in 2021. However, the unemployed population was rather unstable, as it increased from 2008 to 2010, from 2011 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2021..
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021
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Domestic finance
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Statbel. (March 31, 2022). Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
Statbel. "Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
Statbel. (2022). Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
Statbel. "Number of Unemployed People in Belgium from 2008 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/
Statbel, Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021 [Graph], Statbel, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/528241/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium/