BE · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Belgium, 2016
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.6%
Belgium, 2016
▲ 6.4% vs 2015 (15.6%)
Analysis
In 2016, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 6.4% compared to 2015, reaching 16.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 18.2%.
Belgium ranks 16th 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 3.8% (from 16.0% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
91.2%
EU-27: 18.2%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02