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Belgium vs Ireland: 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 Ireland's 4.63. That makes Belgium's value 27.5% higher than Ireland'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)

Ireland

Rank #105 of 182 globally

Ireland trend
Latest (2025)
4.63
Year-over-year
+7.7%
10-year change
-53.2%
Peak
15.45 (2012)
Trough
4.24 (2023)

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