BE · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Belgium, 2018
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.6%
Belgium, 2018
▲ 5.1% vs 2017 (15.8%)
Analysis
In 2018, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 5.1% compared to 2017, reaching 16.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.5%.
Belgium ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.8% (from 18.4% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
107.1%
EU-27: 15.5%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02