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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
    13/03/2025 15:46 GMT +0100
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    Gender
    Males
    Females
    Males
    Females
    Males
    Females
    Males
    Females
    Males
    Females
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    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%36.8%23.9%30.6%
    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%27.4%.23.0%
    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%50.7%28.0%39.7%
    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%61.0%41.0%51.1%
    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%13.9%19.0%16.0%
    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%70.8%50.7%60.8%
    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%84.7%75.7%80.1%
    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%6.1%8.2%7.2%
    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%90.2%82.5%86.2%
    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%45.3%32.5%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%9.5%7.6%8.8%
    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%50.1%35.2%43.2%
    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%75.5%65.1%70.7%
    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%4.4%4.6%4.5%
    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%79.0%68.3%74.0%
    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%90.4%86.4%88.2%
    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%2.2%1.9%2.0%
    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%92.4%88.0%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%35.9%25.2%31.0%
    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%16.8%16.4%16.7%
    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%43.2%30.1%37.2%
    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%66.6%53.1%60.3%
    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%8.4%9.6%8.9%
    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%72.6%58.7%66.1%
    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%88.0%81.6%84.4%
    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%3.6%3.3%3.5%
    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%91.4%84.4%87.4%
    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%70.2%63.3%66.7%
    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%6.2%5.3%5.8%
    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%74.8%66.8%70.8%

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