At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2006, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 2.8% compared to 2005, reaching 13.7%.

Belgium ranks 13th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.2% (from 12.0% in 2001).

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