* Statistics Belgium defines an unemployed person according to the criteria of the International Labour Organization. An employed person is a person aged 15 years or older who during the reference week was without a job, a person who was available for a job and started work within 2 weeks after the reference week, or a person who was actively looking for a job during the previous 4 weeks, including the reference week.
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Number of unemployed persons in Belgium 2017-2022, by age
From 2017 to 2022, unemployment in Belgium was remained stable. In 2022, there were * unemployed people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old. For those aged 25 and 54 years old, this figure stood at ** unemployed people.
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