BE · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Belgium, 2016
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
17.6%
Belgium, 2016
▼ 2.2% vs 2015 (18.0%)
Analysis
In 2016, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 2.2% compared to 2015, reaching 17.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.4%.
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 fallen by 5.9% (from 18.7% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
82.2%
EU-27: 21.4%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02