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

In 2005, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2004, reaching 15.5%.

Belgium ranks 11th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.7% (from 14.0% in 2000).

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