Which has higher ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%), Belgium or Bulgaria?

Bulgaria, at 84.4% against 83.7% in Belgium as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Bulgaria?

27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Bulgaria: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) … national

Belgium

83.7%

in 2025

Bulgaria

84.4%

in 2025

Belgium rank

136th

Bulgaria rank

134th

Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) … national over time

Belgium
Bulgaria

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 84.4% against 83.7% in Belgium, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 136th and Bulgaria ranks 134th of 155 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Bulgaria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Bulgaria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	145.9%	94.7%	51.2%	Belgium
2000s	112.3%	89.1%	23.2%	Belgium
2010s	90.4%	92.5%	2.1%	Bulgaria
2020s	83.1%	91.2%	8.0%	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%), Belgium or Bulgaria?: Bulgaria, at 84.4% against 83.7% in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) between Belgium and Bulgaria?: 0.7%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Bulgaria?: 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Bulgaria rank globally for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%)?: Belgium ranks 136th and Bulgaria ranks 134th of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 4,094 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.