Belgium: number of unemployed people, by gender and region 2019

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This statistic displays the number of unemployed people in Belgium in 2019, by gender and region. In 2019, unemployment figures were higher in the male population and especially in the region of Wallonia. For instance, in 2019, about 65 thousand men were unemployed in Wallonia. On the other hand, unemployment figures were at their lowest in the female population and the Brussels-Capital Region. In 2019, nonetheless, 30 thousand women were unemployed in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Number of unemployed people in Belgium in 2019, by gender and region*

Characteristic	Male	Female
Flanders	53,657	44,883
Brussels-Capital Region	36,943	30,385
Wallonia	64,958	42,005

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March 2020

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Belgium

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

* 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.

Belgium is divided into 3 regions: the Flemish Region, the Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon Region. Each region has its own Regional Parliament and a Regional Government.

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