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
14.5%
Belgium, 2016
▲ 2.8% vs 2015 (14.1%)
Analysis
In 2016, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.8% compared to 2015, reaching 14.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.
Belgium ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.7% (from 14.6% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
86.3%
EU-27: 16.8%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02