Belgian unemployment statistics

There are more than 450.000 people in Belgium that receive unemployment money from the state without doing any work at all.

  • 68.000 out of 1.000.000 living in Brussels, that is, 6.8%.
  • 171.000 out of 6.000.000 living in Flanders, that is, 2.9%.
  • 211.000 out of 3.400.000 living in Wallonia, that is, 6.2%.

Given the belgian population totalling 10.445.000, the average is 4.3%