BE · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Belgium, 2012
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
17.3%
Belgium, 2012
▼ 7.5% vs 2011 (18.7%)
Analysis
In 2012, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 7.5% compared to 2011, reaching 17.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.0%.
Belgium ranks 19th 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 2.4% (from 16.9% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
82.4%
EU-27: 21.0%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02