Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Belgium's youth unemployment rate stands at 17.78% as of 2025-12-31, up from 17.34% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Belgium's youth unemployment rate was 17.78%, up from 17.34% in 2024.
In 2024, Belgium's youth unemployment rate was 17.34%, up from 16.12% in 2023.
In 2023, Belgium's youth unemployment rate was 16.12%, down from 16.41% in 2022.
In 2022, Belgium's youth unemployment rate was 16.41%, down from 18.21% in 2021.
In 2021, Belgium's youth unemployment rate was 18.21%, up from 15.33% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.78% | +0.434% |
| 2024 | 17.34% | +1.22% |
| 2023 | 16.12% | -0.291% |
| 2022 | 16.41% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 18.21% | +2.88% |
| 2020 | 15.33% | +1.09% |
| 2019 | 14.24% | -1.51% |
| 2018 | 15.75% | -3.49% |
| 2017 | 19.24% | -0.872% |
| 2016 | 20.11% | -2.02% |
| 2015 | 22.13% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 23.23% | -0.464% |
| 2013 | 23.69% | +3.95% |
| 2012 | 19.74% | +1.01% |
| 2011 | 18.72% | -3.67% |
| 2010 | 22.39% | +0.451% |
| 2009 | 21.94% | +3.97% |
| 2008 | 17.97% | -0.871% |
| 2007 | 18.84% | -1.67% |
| 2006 | 20.51% | -0.971% |
| 2005 | 21.48% | +3.98% |
| 2004 | 17.5% | -1.48% |
| 2003 | 18.98% | +3.33% |
| 2002 | 15.65% | +0.32% |
| 2001 | 15.33% | +0.083% |
| 2000 | 15.25% | -7.33% |
| 1999 | 22.58% | +2.19% |
| 1998 | 20.39% | -0.884% |
| 1997 | 21.28% | +0.783% |
| 1996 | 20.5% | -1.04% |
| 1995 | 21.54% | -0.327% |
| 1994 | 21.87% | +3.43% |
| 1993 | 18.43% | +5.23% |
| 1992 | 13.2% | -0.754% |
| 1991 | 13.96% | — |
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Belgium's youth unemployment rate is 17.78% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 17.34% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 23.69% (2013); the lowest is 13.2% (1992), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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