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Labour market slack, persons, available but not seeking, Belgium

Released 11 June 2026

80,000 in 2025. The same slack components as the rate, counted in thousands of people aged 20 to 64.

80,000Labour market slack, persons, available but not seeking, Belgium, 2025
2019105,000
2020132,000
202198,000
202274,000
202366,000
202469,000
202580,000
Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, 2019 to 2025. CC BY 4.0.
80,000Labour market slack, persons, available but not seeking, Belgium, 2025, beside 8 others
European Union5,005,000
Germany736,000
France607,000d
Netherlands99,000
Sweden98,000
Belgium80,000
Denmark49,000
Finland40,000
Norway33,000
Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, 2025: the newest period every country has filed. CC BY 4.0.

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Labour market slack, persons, available but not seeking, Belgium
PeriodValueStatusReleased
202580,00011 June 2026
202469,00011 June 2026
202366,00011 June 2026
202274,00011 June 2026
202198,00011 June 2026
2020132,00011 June 2026
2019105,00011 June 2026

Source: Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, persons. Eurostat, CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse with attribution to Eurostat; the table on this page may be copied as it stands.

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