At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2019, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 9.8% compared to 2018, reaching 14.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.5%.

Belgium ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.5% (from 15.5% in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.