BE · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Belgium, 2012
In 2012, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2011, reaching 15.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.9%.
Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.7% (from 15.2% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.