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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
Employment rate, unemployment rate and activity rate by level of education and gender for Belgium and the regions
26/03/2024 10:21 GMT +0100
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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
BelgiumRegionTotalLevel of education (ISCED 2011)
Belgium
Brussels-Capital region
Total
Low
Employment rate
40.6%24.4%32.5%39.8%24.4%32.6%39.8%22.7%31.6%39.4%22.1%30.9%36.8%23.1%30.3%38.0%25.3%31.7%39.6%24.5%31.8%
Unemployment rate
27.2%27.8%27.4%26.7%24.1%25.8%23.1%27.9%24.8%24.4%27.8%25.6%28.2%26.9%27.7%26.4%19.9%23.9%22.3%23.0%22.6%
Activity rate
55.7%33.8%44.8%54.3%32.2%43.9%51.7%31.5%42.1%52.0%30.6%41.6%51.2%31.6%41.9%51.6%31.6%41.7%51.0%31.8%41.1%
Middle
Employment rate
58.0%45.5%51.9%55.8%47.0%51.4%59.8%49.2%54.6%58.6%44.8%52.0%57.6%41.1%49.6%57.9%43.5%51.2%62.1%44.5%54.1%
Unemployment rate
17.9%18.4%18.1%18.5%14.2%16.6%14.5%12.2%13.5%12.1%17.2%14.3%14.9%16.8%15.7%14.3%18.2%15.9%12.3%15.1%13.4%
Activity rate
70.6%55.7%63.3%68.5%54.8%61.6%69.9%56.1%63.1%66.7%54.1%60.7%67.7%49.4%58.8%67.6%53.1%60.8%70.8%52.4%62.5%
High
Employment rate
81.9%73.4%77.5%82.4%74.9%78.5%82.9%74.3%78.4%81.8%74.2%77.8%83.4%74.4%78.7%84.9%78.0%81.3%86.6%76.9%81.5%
Unemployment rate
7.5%9.2%8.3%6.3%7.6%7.0%6.6%8.6%7.6%6.4%7.3%6.9%5.6%7.4%6.5%5.5%7.0%6.3%5.4%7.4%6.4%
Activity rate
88.5%80.8%84.5%87.9%81.1%84.4%88.8%81.3%84.9%87.4%80.0%83.5%88.4%80.3%84.1%89.8%83.8%86.7%91.6%83.1%87.1%
Flanders region
Total
Low
Employment rate
46.1%32.2%39.5%46.0%33.7%40.2%49.0%33.4%41.9%46.6%31.9%39.8%45.3%30.2%38.2%45.3%31.4%38.6%46.2%31.7%39.4%
Unemployment rate
8.4%8.8%8.6%6.9%7.0%6.9%5.9%7.4%6.5%5.8%7.3%6.3%7.8%9.8%8.6%7.5%8.0%7.7%7.9%8.0%7.9%
Activity rate
50.3%35.3%43.2%49.4%36.3%43.2%52.0%36.1%44.8%49.5%34.4%42.5%49.1%33.5%41.8%49.0%34.1%41.8%50.1%34.5%42.8%
Middle
Employment rate
75.9%62.2%69.5%76.3%65.0%71.1%76.7%66.2%71.8%75.7%64.3%70.5%73.6%64.3%69.4%74.7%65.6%70.6%75.1%65.2%70.6%
Unemployment rate
3.6%4.6%4.0%3.0%3.8%3.3%3.3%3.4%3.4%3.3%4.2%3.6%4.5%4.5%4.5%3.3%4.1%3.6%3.9%3.8%3.9%
Activity rate
78.8%65.2%72.4%78.7%67.6%73.6%79.4%68.6%74.3%78.3%67.1%73.1%77.1%67.3%72.7%77.3%68.3%73.3%78.2%67.7%73.5%
High
Employment rate
86.6%81.8%84.0%88.2%83.9%85.8%88.4%84.1%86.0%87.3%84.0%85.5%88.1%84.5%86.2%89.0%85.3%87.0%90.5%86.7%88.4%
Unemployment rate
2.5%4.0%3.3%2.8%2.2%2.5%2.3%2.1%2.1%2.8%2.5%2.6%2.9%1.9%2.4%2.3%1.5%1.9%2.2%1.5%1.8%
Activity rate
88.9%85.2%86.9%90.8%85.8%88.0%90.5%85.8%87.9%89.8%86.2%87.8%90.8%86.2%88.2%91.1%86.6%88.7%92.5%87.9%90.0%
Walloon region
Total
Low
Employment rate
36.4%25.1%31.0%35.4%24.3%30.1%33.7%25.2%29.7%34.3%22.7%29.0%35.5%22.8%29.7%38.3%23.9%31.8%35.1%24.3%30.2%
Unemployment rate
20.2%18.0%19.4%18.0%18.7%18.3%17.8%13.8%16.2%16.5%16.2%16.4%18.3%19.5%18.7%15.9%19.7%17.2%19.0%18.0%18.7%
Activity rate
45.7%30.6%38.4%43.2%29.9%36.8%41.0%29.2%35.5%41.0%27.1%34.7%43.4%28.3%36.5%45.5%29.8%38.4%43.3%29.6%37.1%
Middle
Employment rate
67.1%52.4%60.3%68.8%53.8%61.9%69.8%54.9%62.8%67.7%52.3%60.6%66.1%50.1%58.7%65.0%50.3%58.1%64.8%52.7%59.1%
Unemployment rate
10.2%11.6%10.8%8.9%9.5%9.1%7.6%7.7%7.6%8.3%8.3%8.3%9.8%10.9%10.2%9.5%10.2%9.8%9.7%9.3%9.5%
Activity rate
74.7%59.4%67.6%75.5%59.4%68.1%75.5%59.5%68.0%73.9%57.0%66.0%73.3%56.2%65.4%71.9%56.0%64.4%71.7%58.1%65.4%
High
Employment rate
83.1%78.3%80.4%82.6%79.1%80.7%83.6%80.2%81.7%85.3%79.5%82.0%84.8%79.9%82.0%84.3%80.8%82.3%85.1%80.3%82.3%
Unemployment rate
5.1%4.4%4.7%4.2%4.0%4.1%4.0%2.9%3.4%4.0%3.4%3.7%4.7%5.0%4.9%4.6%4.2%4.4%3.6%4.0%3.8%
Activity rate
87.6%81.9%84.3%86.2%82.4%84.1%87.1%82.6%84.6%88.9%82.3%85.1%89.0%84.1%86.2%88.4%84.4%86.1%88.3%83.6%85.6%
Belgium
Total
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%