The latest unemployment figures for the Brussels-Capital Region show that at the end of December 2023 more than 15% of the capital’s working population was unemployed. At the end of December unemployment in the capital stood at 92,052. This is up almost 5,000 on the number of unemployed people in Brussels at the end of 2022. Then unemployment stood at 14.4%. This has since increased to 15.2%. The figures were released by the Brussels regional employment service Actiris on Wednesday.
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Unemployment in Brussels increased during 2023
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The increase in the number of people that are unemployed is apparent in all age demographics. However, the increase is most pronounced among younger people. At the end of 2023 there were 10,649 people under the age of 25 that were unemployed. This is 12% more than was the case at the end of 2022. Youth unemployment in Brussels currently stands at 28.4%.
There has been a slight fall (0.6%) in the number of people in the capital that have been unemployed for at least two years.