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

In 2009, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.5% compared to 2008, reaching 13.4%.

Belgium ranks 18th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.0% (from 13.4% in 2004).

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