At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2004, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 7.4% compared to 2003, reaching 15.1%.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.9% (from 14.0% in 1999).

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