* 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 in 2019, by age and gender
This statistic displays the number of unemployed people in Belgium in 2019, by age and gender. In 2019, about ** thousand men aged 15 to 24 years old were unemployed and roughly ** thousand women of this same age were also unemployed.
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Statbel. (March 25, 2020). Number of unemployed people in Belgium in 2019, by age and gender* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/528413/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium-by-age-and-gender/
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Number of unemployed people in Belgium in 2019, by age and gender* [Graph], Statbel, March 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/528413/number-of-unemployed-people-in-belgium-by-age-and-gender/
