# Belgium Activity (participation) rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA

Belgium Activity (participation) rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA was 34.8% in Q2 2026, up 1.3 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 27.1% (Q4 2020) to 34.8% (Q1 2025), averaging 30.7%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of population
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/activity-participation-rate-youth-aged-15-24-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 34.8% |
| Q1 2026 | 33.5% |
| Q4 2025 | 34.4% |
| Q3 2025 | 34.5% |
| Q2 2025 | 34.1% |
| Q1 2025 | 34.8% |
| Q4 2024 | 33.7% |
| Q3 2024 | 31.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 30.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 31.3% |
| Q4 2023 | 31.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 31.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 31.7% |
| Q1 2023 | 31.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 31.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 31.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 31.2% |
| Q1 2022 | 30.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 30.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 31.6% |
| Q2 2021 | 30.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 28.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 27.1% |
| Q3 2020 | 28.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```