Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by youth unemployment rate

Name: Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by youth unemployment rate, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Prov. Hainaut had the highest youth unemployment rate of 10 regions in 2022, at 36.3%. Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen had the lowest, at 8.1%. The median was 17.85% and the figure for Belgium was 16.4%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest36.3Prov. Hainaut

Lowest8.1Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen

Median17.8510 regions

Belgium16.4History

All regions, 2022

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%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Prov. Hainaut	36.3	+6.7 pts
2	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	31.7	+0.9 pts
3	Prov. Namur	26.8	+0.8 pts
4	Prov. Liège	19.3	-5.9 pts
5	Prov. Brabant wallon	18	-2.3 pts
6	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	17.7	-2.3 pts
7	Prov. Antwerpen	11.5	-4.4 pts
8	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10.7	-1.7 pts
9	Prov. Limburg (BE)	9.2	-0.4 pts
10	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	8.1	-2.9 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which region has the highest youth unemployment rate?

Prov. Hainaut, with 36.3% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen, with 8.1% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 1 regions have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.