# Belgium Employment rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA

Belgium Employment rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA was 28.0% in Q2 2026, up 0.7 percentage points from Q1 2026 and down 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.5% (Q3 2016) to 28.7% (Q1 2025), averaging 25.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.EMPRATE.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/employment-rate-youth-aged-15-24-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 28.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 27.3% |
| Q4 2025 | 28.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 28.2% |
| Q2 2025 | 28.7% |
| Q1 2025 | 28.7% |
| Q4 2024 | 27.9% |
| Q3 2024 | 26.3% |
| Q2 2024 | 25.3% |
| Q1 2024 | 25.9% |
| Q4 2023 | 26.0% |
| Q3 2023 | 26.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 26.8% |
| Q1 2023 | 27.0% |
| Q4 2022 | 26.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 26.3% |
| Q2 2022 | 25.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 25.7% |
| Q4 2021 | 25.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 25.7% |
| Q2 2021 | 24.5% |
| Q1 2021 | 22.7% |
| Q4 2020 | 22.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 23.5% |

## API

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

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