Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in Belgium, 2026
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2026 (year-to-date through 1 January 2026): Value (as of 1 January 2026) — 36.4 %. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2026: data as of 1 January 2026
- Value: 36.4 %
- Change vs 2025: +4.8 % (+15.19 %)
- Position in history: below the 29-year average (average — 46.931 %)
- Series maximum — 62.6 % in 1998 (28 years ago)
- Series minimum — 31.6 % in 2025 (1 years ago)
- Value date: 1 January 2026
- Source: Eurostat
Dynamics over neighbouring years
| Year | Value, % |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 49.7 |
| 2018 | 47.5 |
| 2019 | 42.5 |
| 2020 | 46.4 |
| 2021 | 42.6 |
| 2022 | 41.5 |
| 2023 | 39.3 |
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2025 | 31.6 |
| 2026 | 36.4 |
Full history and interactive chart
Complete series for Belgium — on the Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment page.
Other years
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2011
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2012
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2013
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2014
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2015
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2016
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2017
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2018
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2019
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2020
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2021
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2022
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2023
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2024
- Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) - % of total unemployment in 2025