Belgium: number of unemployed people, by gender 2021

In 2021, unemployment decreased in Belgium. However, unemployment figures were constantly higher in the male population than in the female population. In 2021, for instance, 181.9 thousand men were unemployed compared to 141 thousand women.

Number of unemployed people in Belgium from 2008 to 2021, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
2021	181,925	141,024
2020	154,909	126,794
2019	155,557	117,273
2018	169,166	130,971
2017	190,593	162,506
2016	215,721	173,108
2015	243,027	178,363
2014	241,382	181,658
2013	231,651	184,702
2012	203,784	164,605
2011	188,219	158,185
2010	216,736	188,802
2009	203,746	175,633
2008	169,842	163,149

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2008 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* 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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