Belgium vs Italy: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Belgium

6.2%

in 2025

Italy

6.1%

in 2025

Belgium rank

73rd

Italy rank

74th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Belgium
Italy

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 6.2% against 6.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Italy ahead.

Belgium ranks 73rd and Italy ranks 74th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Belgium
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Italy
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.