Belgium Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Belgium decreased to 6.30 percent in September from 6.50 percent in August of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Belgium averaged 8.31 percent from 1983 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 11 percent in October of 1983 and a record low of 6 percent in February of 2001.

Unemployment Rate in Belgium is expected to be 6.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Belgium to stand at 5.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Belgium Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 6.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2017-03-02	10:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	7.7%	7.7%	8.1%
2017-04-03	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	7%	7%	8%
2017-05-02	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.9%	7%	6.9%

Belgium Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.30	6.50	11.00	6.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4056.40	4030.70	4056.40	3010.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	321599.00	313293.00	533460.00	294870.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	67.90	68.10	68.60	63.60	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.10	3.10	5.70	2.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.90	18.90	26.20	14.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.00	110.20	111.00	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	145757.00	140685.00	145757.00	70256.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	1562.59	1562.59	1562.59	1074.44	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	3.70	3.60	6.80	-6.50	percent	[+]
Population	11.41	11.35	11.41	9.13	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1580.00	1600.00	1600.00	1520.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1090.00	1110.00	1110.00	1040.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages	3445.00	3414.00	3445.00	2238.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3050.00	3090.00	3110.00	2910.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	100.30	120.50	120.50	72.50	Index Points	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1890.00	1870.00	1950.00	1770.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Productivity	100.30	93.80	112.60	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Part Time Employment	1140.80	1139.60	1173.80	602.20	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.40	0.30	1.00	-0.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	63.70	63.90	64.10	55.70	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	3502.50	3518.60	3518.60	2643.50	Thousand	[+]

Belgium Unemployment Rate

In Belgium, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Belgium Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Belgium Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.30	6.50	11.00	6.00	1983 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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South Africa	27.50	Sep/18	27.2	31.2	21.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	14.55	Sep/18	15.28	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	11.90	Sep/18	12.1	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Turkey	11.10	Aug/18	10.8	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
Italy	10.10	Sep/18	9.8	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8	5.9	%	Quarterly
France	9.10	Sep/18	9.1	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.10	Sep/18	8.1	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Jun/18	6.1	6.3	4.35	%	Quarterly
Canada	5.80	Oct/18	5.9	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.34	Jun/18	5.13	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Australia	5.00	Oct/18	5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Russia	4.70	Oct/18	4.5	14.1	4.5	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.10	Sep/18	4	12	3.4	%	Monthly
South Korea	3.90	Oct/18	4.2	7.1	3	%	Monthly
China	3.82	Sep/18	3.83	4.3	3.82	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	3.60	Sep/18	3.5	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	Sep/18	3.4	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.40	Oct/18	2.4	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.30	Sep/18	2.4	5.5	1	%	Monthly
Singapore	2.10	Sep/18	2	6	1.4	%	Quarterly