{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"be-youth-unemployment-rate","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-youth-unemployment-rate","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-youth-unemployment-rate/","title":"Belgium Youth Unemployment Rate (2025)","description":"Belgium's Youth Unemployment Rate: 17.4 % of active youth (15–24) in 2025, unchanged YoY. Eurostat (UNE_RT_A), 2009–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Belgium","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Belgium","temporal_coverage":"2009/2025","unit":"% of active youth (15–24)","last_updated":"2026-07-26","last_updated_text":"26 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Belgium Youth Unemployment Rate","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/UNE_RT_A/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2009–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"17"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Belgium"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"26 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Belgium (2025)","value":"17.4","unit":"% of active youth (15–24)","trend":{"direction":"neutral","value":"unchanged YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"unchanged","unit":"percentage points"},{"label":"Trend","value":"neutral","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"17","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Belgium Youth Unemployment Rate"}],"observation_count":17,"observations":[{"period":"2009","value":22},{"period":"2010","value":22.4},{"period":"2011","value":18.9},{"period":"2012","value":20},{"period":"2013","value":23.9},{"period":"2014","value":23.4},{"period":"2015","value":22.5},{"period":"2016","value":20.3},{"period":"2017","value":19.4},{"period":"2018","value":16},{"period":"2019","value":14.5},{"period":"2020","value":15.9},{"period":"2021","value":18.2},{"period":"2022","value":16.4},{"period":"2023","value":16.1},{"period":"2024","value":17.4},{"period":"2025","value":17.4}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"% of active youth (15–24)"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"17.4","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2024","value":"17.4","yoyChange":"+1.3pp"},{"year":"2023","value":"16.1","yoyChange":"-0.3pp"},{"year":"2022","value":"16.4","yoyChange":"-1.8pp"},{"year":"2021","value":"18.2","yoyChange":"+2.3pp"},{"year":"2020","value":"15.9","yoyChange":"+1.4pp"},{"year":"2019","value":"14.5","yoyChange":"-1.5pp"},{"year":"2018","value":"16.0","yoyChange":"-3.4pp"},{"year":"2017","value":"19.4","yoyChange":"-0.9pp"},{"year":"2016","value":"20.3","yoyChange":"-2.2pp"},{"year":"2015","value":"22.5","yoyChange":"-0.9pp"},{"year":"2014","value":"23.4","yoyChange":"-0.5pp"},{"year":"2013","value":"23.9","yoyChange":"+3.9pp"},{"year":"2012","value":"20.0","yoyChange":"+1.1pp"},{"year":"2011","value":"18.9","yoyChange":"-3.5pp"},{"year":"2010","value":"22.4","yoyChange":"+0.4pp"},{"year":"2009","value":"22.0","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks youth unemployment (under-25) in Belgium from 2005 to present. Show the severity of the post-2008 crisis and the recovery trajectory. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2009–2025 (17 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 23.9 % of active youth (15–24) in 2013 and reached its lowest recorded value of 14.5 in 2019. The latest reading of 17.4 in 2025 is unchanged on the previous period."}]}