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 5.2% compared to 2004, reaching 14.1%.

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 17.5% (from 12.0% in 2000).

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