Unemployment in Flanders continues to fall
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Loading... - Elise Bunschoten
- 05 May 2022
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The office of the Flemish Employment Minister Hilde Crevits (Christian democrat) has released the latest unemployment figures. In April 181,052 people in Flanders were registered as unemployed. This is a year-on-year fall of 12% and 1,390 down on the unemployment figures in March 2022. The unemployment rate in Flanders currently stands at 5.7%.
The fall in the number of jobseekers is most pronounced among the under 25s. There are currently 17% fewer people under the age of 25 that are unemployed in Flanders than was the case a year ago. Meanwhile, 12% fewer people between the ages of 25 and 59 are unemployed in Flanders than in April 2021.
There are currently almost a quarter (24%) fewer people looking for work in Flanders that have been unemployed for between 1 and 2 years than there were a year ago. Read More...
