BE · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Belgium, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
15.9%
Belgium, 2017
▲ 2.6% vs 2016 (15.5%)
Analysis
In 2017, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2016, reaching 15.9%.
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 3.9% (from 15.3% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
94.1%
EU-27: 16.9%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02