BE · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Belgium, 2018
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
15.6%
Belgium, 2018
▲ 5.4% vs 2017 (14.8%)
Analysis
In 2018, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 5.4% compared to 2017, reaching 15.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.2%.
Belgium ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.8% (from 14.6% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
96.3%
EU-27: 16.2%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02