Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Belgium · % of total labor force · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
5.91
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
+3.61%
Lowest on record
5.36
Highest on record
9.65
Median
7.46
Standard deviation
1.26
Observations
35
Consecutive moves
2 up
Series
% of total labor force · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
35 of 35 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 5.91 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 5.70 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 5.55 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 5.57 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 6.25 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 5.55 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 5.36 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 5.94 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 7.09 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 7.83 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 8.48 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 8.52 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 8.43 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 7.54 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 7.14 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 8.29 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 7.91 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 6.98 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 7.46 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 8.25 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 8.44 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 7.36 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 7.68 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 6.91 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 6.18 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 6.59 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 8.65 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 9.32 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 8.95 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 9.48 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 9.34 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 9.65 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 8.08 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 6.70 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 6.98 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13