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

In 2024, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.9% compared to 2023, reaching 11.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.5%.

Belgium ranks 25th 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 20.5% (from 14.6% in 2019).

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