Long-term unemployment rate by sex in Belgium, 2025

Long-term unemployment rate by sex in 2025: Annual value — 2.1 % of the labour force. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.

Long-term unemployment rate by sex in 2025 — neighbouring years chart, Annual value 2.1 % of the labour force, source Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate by sex in 2025 — value in the context of neighbouring years. Source: Eurostat. forecasteconomy.com

Long-term unemployment rate by sex in 2025

  • Value: 2.1 % of the labour force
  • Change vs 2024: −0.2 % of the labour force (−8.7 %)
  • Position in history: below the 17-year average (average — 2.9235 % of the labour force)
  • Series maximum — 4.1 % of the labour force in 2015 (10 years ago)
  • This is the minimum over the available series history (17 years)
  • Value date: 1 January 2025
  • Source: Eurostat

Dynamics over neighbouring years

YearValue, % of the labour force
20163.6
20173.1
20182.8
20192.2
20202.2
20212.7
20222.4
20232.5
20242.3
20252.1

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Complete series for Belgium — on the Long-term unemployment rate by sex page.

Other years

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