BE · 2021 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex decreased by 6.4% compared to 2020, reaching 19.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.7%.
Belgium ranks 17th 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 14.4% (from 22.2% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.