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Active (working and unemployed) population since 2017 based on the labour force survey, by year, region, age class and level of education

View name:Active (working and unemployed) and inactive population of 15-64 years by gender for Belgium and the regions

Last changed date: 26/03/2024 10:21 GMT +0100

					Year	2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			2022			2023
					Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total
					Gender	Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females
Belgium	Region Expand all Collapse all	Total	Age (15-24 / 25-54 / 55-64) Expand all Collapse all		Gender	Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females		Males	Females
Belgium	Brussels-Capital region	Total	From 15 to 24 years	Inactive population		51.893	55.372	107.265	52.335	56.100	108.435	54.801	56.804	111.605	57.473	58.097	115.570	57.364	60.382	117.746	58.555	61.744	120.299	58.393	62.254	120.646
				Employment rate		15.6%	14.6%	15.1%	16.9%	14.2%	15.5%	14.9%	14.8%	14.8%	13.4%	14.0%	13.7%	14.2%	11.9%	13.0%	14.0%	12.9%	13.5%	17.8%	15.3%	16.5%
				Unemployment rate		37.1%	.	33.2%	32.8%	.	30.6%	33.7%	.	29.2%	.	.	29.1%	.	.	30.8%	35.6%	.	31.7%	27.2%	.	25.7%
				Activity rate		24.8%	20.4%	22.6%	25.1%	19.6%	22.4%	22.4%	19.5%	21.0%	19.9%	18.8%	19.3%	21.0%	16.6%	18.8%	21.7%	17.7%	19.7%	24.4%	20.1%	22.2%
			From 25 to 54 years	Inactive population		35.809	75.002	110.811	37.878	77.702	115.580	39.278	79.341	118.619	43.111	82.541	125.652	38.106	78.276	116.382	32.374	67.667	100.041	27.630	71.363	98.992
				Employment rate		75.2%	61.5%	68.4%	74.6%	63.3%	68.9%	76.2%	62.4%	69.3%	75.7%	61.2%	68.5%	76.7%	62.8%	69.8%	79.8%	67.6%	73.7%	81.7%	66.6%	74.2%
				Unemployment rate		13.4%	14.8%	14.0%	13.5%	11.3%	12.5%	11.1%	12.1%	11.6%	10.4%	12.6%	11.4%	11.1%	12.3%	11.7%	9.7%	11.0%	10.3%	9.4%	11.0%	10.1%
				Activity rate		86.8%	72.1%	79.5%	86.2%	71.4%	78.8%	85.8%	71.0%	78.4%	84.5%	70.0%	77.3%	86.3%	71.7%	79.0%	88.4%	75.9%	82.1%	90.2%	74.9%	82.5%
			From 55 to 64 years	Inactive population		19.568	32.172	51.740	23.849	29.060	52.910	23.072	29.034	52.106	20.188	28.959	49.147	20.755	29.384	50.139	21.329	28.524	49.852	20.170	29.615	49.785
				Employment rate		54.6%	42.9%	48.5%	51.1%	48.1%	49.5%	51.8%	47.5%	49.6%	56.9%	49.0%	52.9%	56.4%	50.4%	53.4%	56.2%	51.8%	54.0%	62.9%	50.6%	56.7%
				Unemployment rate		16.1%	.	12.9%	.	.	10.6%	14.8%	.	12.8%	14.5%	.	12.0%	14.9%	.	10.8%	15.1%	.	11.2%	.	.	7.8%
				Activity rate		65.1%	47.0%	55.7%	58.4%	52.6%	55.4%	60.8%	53.2%	56.9%	66.5%	53.9%	60.1%	66.3%	53.5%	59.8%	66.2%	55.3%	60.7%	68.8%	54.2%	61.5%
	Flanders region	Total	From 15 to 24 years	Inactive population		241.731	249.734	491.465	234.602	238.451	473.053	225.368	225.789	451.157	244.069	239.365	483.433	238.829	234.844	473.672	238.930	229.224	468.154	240.174	237.368	477.542
				Employment rate		29.3%	25.6%	27.5%	31.8%	28.7%	30.2%	34.5%	32.4%	33.4%	29.9%	28.4%	29.2%	29.7%	30.1%	29.9%	31.9%	32.8%	32.3%	32.5%	31.4%	31.9%
				Unemployment rate		13.3%	12.2%	12.8%	11.3%	10.3%	10.9%	10.1%	8.8%	9.5%	10.8%	10.8%	10.8%	16.3%	10.5%	13.5%	12.5%	9.4%	11.0%	12.8%	10.7%	11.8%
				Activity rate		33.8%	29.2%	31.5%	35.8%	32.0%	33.9%	38.3%	35.5%	36.9%	33.5%	31.9%	32.7%	35.5%	33.6%	34.6%	36.4%	36.2%	36.3%	37.2%	35.2%	36.2%
			From 25 to 54 years	Inactive population		94.904	211.716	306.620	100.772	190.357	291.129	100.309	194.463	294.772	104.985	194.041	299.025	96.951	190.012	286.963	90.857	181.781	272.637	91.797	190.208	282.004
				Employment rate		89.6%	80.1%	84.9%	89.6%	82.7%	86.2%	89.7%	82.5%	86.1%	89.2%	82.1%	85.7%	89.5%	82.7%	86.1%	90.3%	83.8%	87.1%	90.0%	83.3%	86.7%
				Unemployment rate		3.2%	3.8%	3.5%	2.7%	2.8%	2.8%	2.7%	2.5%	2.6%	2.9%	3.0%	2.9%	3.1%	2.7%	2.9%	2.8%	2.3%	2.5%	3.1%	2.1%	2.6%
				Activity rate		92.6%	83.3%	88.0%	92.2%	85.0%	88.6%	92.2%	84.7%	88.4%	91.8%	84.7%	88.3%	92.4%	85.0%	88.7%	92.9%	85.7%	89.3%	92.9%	85.2%	89.0%
			From 55 to 64 years	Inactive population		188.341	231.615	419.956	179.218	228.215	407.433	171.243	222.358	393.601	170.489	220.677	391.166	167.742	210.767	378.509	159.321	205.679	365.000	154.047	199.286	353.333
				Employment rate		55.1%	43.9%	49.5%	57.7%	47.3%	52.5%	60.6%	49.2%	54.9%	61.2%	50.2%	55.7%	61.7%	52.2%	57.0%	64.8%	54.2%	59.5%	65.7%	55.9%	60.8%
				Unemployment rate		3.2%	6.2%	4.5%	3.3%	2.5%	3.0%	2.6%	3.0%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	3.5%	3.7%	3.6%	1.7%	2.5%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
				Activity rate		56.9%	46.8%	51.9%	59.7%	48.5%	54.1%	62.2%	50.7%	56.5%	63.0%	51.7%	57.3%	63.9%	54.2%	59.1%	66.0%	55.6%	60.8%	67.2%	57.1%	62.1%
	Walloon region	Total	From 15 to 24 years	Inactive population		161.645	169.155	330.800	163.299	163.176	326.474	164.017	164.678	328.696	159.797	170.501	330.298	155.795	164.846	320.641	159.489	167.173	326.662	162.862	162.383	325.245
				Employment rate		19.2%	15.1%	17.2%	20.5%	18.1%	19.3%	19.4%	18.7%	19.1%	22.4%	15.7%	19.1%	23.1%	17.1%	20.1%	21.8%	17.3%	19.6%	21.1%	20.5%	20.8%
				Unemployment rate		29.5%	28.2%	29.0%	22.1%	22.9%	22.5%	25.4%	17.8%	21.9%	20.9%	22.9%	21.7%	24.1%	26.7%	25.2%	25.6%	24.3%	25.0%	25.5%	20.1%	23.0%
				Activity rate		27.2%	21.0%	24.1%	26.3%	23.5%	24.9%	26.0%	22.8%	24.4%	28.2%	20.4%	24.4%	30.4%	23.4%	26.9%	29.3%	22.9%	26.1%	28.4%	25.6%	27.0%
			From 25 to 54 years	Inactive population		94.731	172.398	267.129	96.696	176.115	272.811	103.410	168.112	271.522	107.457	165.847	273.304	97.909	155.187	253.095	99.197	158.531	257.728	101.945	165.665	267.610
				Employment rate		78.4%	69.8%	74.1%	79.2%	69.6%	74.4%	79.1%	72.0%	75.6%	78.4%	72.0%	75.2%	78.7%	72.0%	75.4%	79.2%	71.9%	75.6%	78.6%	71.3%	75.0%
				Unemployment rate		9.5%	7.8%	8.7%	8.3%	7.3%	7.9%	7.3%	5.4%	6.4%	7.4%	5.8%	6.6%	8.5%	7.6%	8.1%	7.8%	7.2%	7.5%	8.0%	6.7%	7.4%
				Activity rate		86.6%	75.7%	81.1%	86.3%	75.1%	80.7%	85.3%	76.2%	80.7%	84.7%	76.4%	80.5%	86.1%	77.9%	82.0%	85.9%	77.5%	81.7%	85.5%	76.5%	81.0%
			From 55 to 64 years	Inactive population		103.667	135.979	239.645	105.534	135.780	241.313	105.402	135.942	241.344	100.846	134.910	235.756	98.286	131.968	230.254	97.015	124.959	221.973	100.008	118.956	218.964
				Employment rate		51.3%	40.6%	45.8%	51.1%	42.0%	46.4%	52.2%	42.8%	47.4%	54.2%	43.6%	48.8%	55.5%	44.6%	49.9%	56.4%	47.3%	51.8%	55.1%	49.5%	52.2%
				Unemployment rate		6.5%	6.7%	6.5%	6.1%	.	5.4%	5.0%	.	4.5%	5.5%	.	4.7%	5.6%	4.6%	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%	5.0%	5.4%	4.8%	5.1%
				Activity rate		54.8%	43.5%	49.0%	54.4%	44.0%	49.1%	55.0%	44.5%	49.6%	57.4%	45.3%	51.2%	58.8%	46.7%	52.6%	59.5%	49.7%	54.5%	58.2%	52.0%	55.1%
Belgium		Total		Inactive population		992.289	1.333.142	2.325.431	994.182	1.294.954	2.289.136	986.899	1.276.520	2.263.420	1.008.414	1.294.936	2.303.351	971.735	1.255.666	2.227.401	957.065	1.225.280	2.182.346	957.025	1.237.096	2.194.121
				Employment rate		67.5%	58.7%	63.1%	68.2%	60.7%	64.5%	68.9%	61.7%	65.3%	68.4%	61.0%	64.7%	68.7%	61.8%	65.3%	69.8%	63.2%	66.5%	69.9%	63.3%	66.6%
				Unemployment rate		7.2%	7.1%	7.1%	6.3%	5.6%	6.0%	5.8%	5.0%	5.4%	5.8%	5.4%	5.6%	6.7%	5.9%	6.3%	5.9%	5.3%	5.6%	6.0%	5.1%	5.6%
				Activity rate		72.8%	63.2%	68.0%	72.8%	64.3%	68.6%	73.1%	64.9%	69.0%	72.6%	64.5%	68.6%	73.7%	65.7%	69.7%	74.2%	66.8%	70.5%	74.4%	66.7%	70.5%

Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)

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