Number of unemployed jobseekers (IEDs): young person in insertion internship (JSI)

The International Labour Office (ILO) designates as "unemployed" persons over a specified age who, during a reference period, were: (a) without work, (b) available to work, (c) looking for work. Two main methods are currently used worldwide to measure unemployment: the inclusion of registered unemployed persons in the labour administration and the regular survey of representative samples of the population (in all EU countries this is the labour force survey). At the administrative level, there are two sources of unemployment data in Belgium. On the one hand, ONEM, which counts the unemployed on the basis of the payment of unemployment benefits, and on the other hand, the employment agencies (FOREM, ADG, Vdab and Actiris) count the unemployed on the basis of registrations as jobseekers. It is this second source that provides the administrative statistics closest to the ILO recommendations: the number of registered unemployed jobseekers (DEI). The indicator gives the number of Walloon IEDs (unoccupied jobseekers registered in FOREM or ADG), as an annual average. Note: for secondary indicators by age, the age groups of the German-speaking municipalities are defined somewhat differently: under 25 years, 25-49 years, 50 years and over. However, since the number of IEDs under the age of 18 or over the age of 64 is excessively low, comparisons are still possible. See also: - Monthly data from "[\2](\1)" - Monthly data from "[\2](\1)".