Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): Belgium
The latest reading SOTW holds for Belgium is 329.0 thousand persons for 2026-09, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · BEL
Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 329.0
- thousand persons · 2026-09
- Previous
- 325.0
- thousand persons · 2026-08
- Oldest shown
- 362.0
- thousand persons · 2016-10
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Belgium · history
thousand persons · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 329.0 | |
| 2026-08 | 325.0 | |
| 2026-07 | 329.0 | |
| 2026-06 | 345.0 | |
| 2026-05 | 349.0 | |
| 2026-04 | 344.0 | |
| 2026-03 | 342.0 | |
| 2026-02 | 343.0 | |
| 2026-01 | 347.0 | |
| 2025-12 | 353.0 | |
| 2025-11 | 350.0 | |
| 2025-10 | 351.0 | |
| 2025-09 | 345.0 | |
| 2025-08 | 334.0 | |
| 2025-07 | 334.0 | |
| 2025-06 | 334.0 | |
| 2025-05 | 332.0 | |
| 2025-04 | 333.0 | |
| 2025-03 | 337.0 | |
| 2025-02 | 338.0 | |
| 2025-01 | 330.0 | |
| 2024-12 | 326.0 | |
| 2024-11 | 317.0 | |
| 2024-10 | 313.0 | |
| 2024-09 | 311.0 | |
| 2024-08 | 307.0 | |
| 2024-07 | 302.0 | |
| 2024-06 | 297.0 | |
| 2024-05 | 298.0 | |
| 2024-04 | 298.0 | |
| 2024-03 | 301.0 | |
| 2024-02 | 303.0 | |
| 2024-01 | 301.0 | |
| 2023-12 | 297.0 | |
| 2023-11 | 293.0 | |
| 2023-10 | 294.0 | |
| 2023-09 | 287.0 | |
| 2023-08 | 283.0 | |
| 2023-07 | 285.0 | |
| 2023-06 | 296.0 | |
| 2023-05 | 300.0 | |
| 2023-04 | 298.0 | |
| 2023-03 | 299.0 | |
| 2023-02 | 298.0 | |
| 2023-01 | 301.0 | |
| 2022-12 | 304.0 | |
| 2022-11 | 304.0 | |
| 2022-10 | 297.0 | |
| 2022-09 | 285.0 | |
| 2022-08 | 285.0 | |
| 2022-07 | 290.0 | |
| 2022-06 | 308.0 | |
| 2022-05 | 312.0 | |
| 2022-04 | 303.0 | |
| 2022-03 | 284.0 | |
| 2022-02 | 275.0 | |
| 2022-01 | 277.0 | |
| 2021-12 | 292.0 | |
| 2021-11 | 302.0 | |
| 2021-10 | 312.0 | |
| 2021-09 | 323.0 | |
| 2021-08 | 335.0 | |
| 2021-07 | 331.0 | |
| 2021-06 | 326.0 | |
| 2021-05 | 325.0 | |
| 2021-04 | 332.0 | |
| 2021-03 | 343.0 | |
| 2021-02 | 343.0 | |
| 2021-01 | 328.0 | |
| 2020-12 | 301.0 | |
| 2020-11 | 290.0 | |
| 2020-10 | 293.0 | |
| 2020-09 | 321.0 | |
| 2020-08 | 330.0 | |
| 2020-07 | 308.0 | |
| 2020-06 | 274.0 | |
| 2020-05 | 252.0 | |
| 2020-04 | 248.0 | |
| 2020-03 | 253.0 | |
| 2020-02 | 257.0 | |
| 2020-01 | 262.0 | |
| 2019-12 | 266.0 | |
| 2019-11 | 265.0 | |
| 2019-10 | 264.0 | |
| 2019-09 | 260.0 | |
| 2019-08 | 259.0 | |
| 2019-07 | 268.0 | |
| 2019-06 | 282.0 | |
| 2019-05 | 286.0 | |
| 2019-04 | 287.0 | |
| 2019-03 | 283.0 | |
| 2019-02 | 281.0 | |
| 2019-01 | 284.0 | |
| 2018-12 | 289.0 | |
| 2018-11 | 292.0 | |
| 2018-10 | 290.0 | |
| 2018-09 | 282.0 | |
| 2018-08 | 285.0 | |
| 2018-07 | 299.0 | |
| 2018-06 | 311.0 | |
| 2018-05 | 320.0 | |
| 2018-04 | 321.0 | |
| 2018-03 | 310.0 | |
| 2018-02 | 305.0 | |
| 2018-01 | 304.0 | |
| 2017-12 | 310.0 | |
| 2017-11 | 320.0 | |
| 2017-10 | 332.0 | |
| 2017-09 | 343.0 | |
| 2017-08 | 354.0 | |
| 2017-07 | 358.0 | |
| 2017-06 | 357.0 | |
| 2017-05 | 360.0 | |
| 2017-04 | 368.0 | |
| 2017-03 | 379.0 | |
| 2017-02 | 385.0 | |
| 2017-01 | 378.0 | Series break (B) |
| 2016-12 | 365.0 | |
| 2016-11 | 362.0 | |
| 2016-10 | 362.0 |
Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.