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Belgium vs Germany: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Belgium's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 5.91, compared to Germany's 3.71. That makes Belgium's value 59.1% higher than Germany's.

Belgium

Rank #76 of 182 globally

Belgium trend
Latest (2025)
5.91
Year-over-year
+3.6%
10-year change
-30.4%
Peak
8.52 (2014)
Trough
5.36 (2019)

Germany

Rank #120 of 182 globally

Germany trend
Latest (2025)
3.71
Year-over-year
+9.1%
10-year change
-19.5%
Peak
10.28 (2006)
Trough
3.07 (2023)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.