Jobseekers on benefit in Belgium 2025

Jobseekers on benefit per 100 inh. (18–64) 2025 for the 565 Belgian municipalities on an interactive map, 564 with a figure.

In 2025 an average of 4.1 in 100 inhabitants aged 18 to 64 received unemployment benefit as jobseekers: 7.4 in Brussels, 5.4 in Wallonia and 2.6 in Flanders; from 9.9 in Saint-Gilles to 1.0 in Lo-Reninge.

Jobseekers on benefit by municipality: where is their share highest? (2025)

Jobseekers on unemployment benefit (2025) in Belgium: 4.1 per 100 inh. 18–64 — weighted average of 564 municipalities.

Highest

  1. Saint-Gilles (9.9 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  2. Forest (9.6 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  3. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (9.2 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  4. Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (8.9 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  5. Liège (8.6 per 100 inh. 18–64)

Lowest

  1. Lo-Reninge (1.0 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  2. Vleteren (1.1 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  3. Dentergem (1.1 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  4. Glabbeek (1.1 per 100 inh. 18–64)
  5. Lichtervelde (1.1 per 100 inh. 18–64)

The 564 municipalities with a figure, ranked in one table