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Belgium vs Portugal: 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 Portugal's 6.16. That makes Belgium's value 4.2% lower than Portugal'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)

Portugal

Rank #70 of 182 globally

Portugal trend
Latest (2025)
6.16
Year-over-year
-5.2%
10-year change
-50.3%
Peak
16.24 (2013)
Trough
6.14 (2022)

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