Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in Belgium, 2026
Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2026 (year-to-date through 1 January 2026): Value (as of 1 January 2026) — 6.3 %. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.
Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2026: data as of 1 January 2026
- Value: 6.3 %
- Change vs 2025: −0.1 % (−1.56 %)
- Position in history: below the 29-year average (average — 7.2414 %)
- Series maximum — 9.3 % in 1998 (28 years ago)
- Series minimum — 5.2 % in 2019 (7 years ago)
- Value date: 1 January 2026
- Source: Eurostat
Dynamics over neighbouring years
| Year | Value, % |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 6.4 |
| 2026 | 6.3 |
Full history and interactive chart
Complete series for Belgium — on the Unemployment rates by educational attainment level page.
Other years
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2011
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2012
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2013
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2014
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2015
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2016
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2017
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2018
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2019
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2020
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2021
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2022
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2023
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2024
- Unemployment rates by educational attainment level in 2025