Unemployment in Belgium (country, people, work, cons)

[stapleton3000]

I read that in Belgium is a crazy unemployment rate.Like 22% or something...Is it that bad? Why?
My question is: Is it at all possible to secure employment in Brussels or Antwerp? Of course,if I have a right to work in the country.
I'm talking about simple kinda jobs.And language wise...Let's say if I know basic French or Dutch.

[billsaintkilda]

22%. Where did you get that from? Last time I saw it was about 8% which is in line with a lot of Europe.

[stapleton3000]

Unemployment remained consistently more than twice as high in Wallonia than in Flanders, and even more in Brussels, during most of the last 20 years (November 2005, Flanders: 9,3%; Wallonia: 17.6% and Brussels: 22.0% [5])

Economy of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When I said-Belgium,I meant-Brussels...

[DutchWriter]

Originally Posted by stapleton3000

I read that in Belgium is a crazy unemployment rate.Like 22% or something...Is it that bad? Why?
My question is: Is it at all possible to secure employment in Brussels or Antwerp? Of course,if I have a right to work in the country.
I'm talking about simple kinda jobs.And language wise...Let's say if I know basic French or Dutch.

It's always bad if people are not getting a proper education.