People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

In 2024, Belgium's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex decreased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 36.6.

Belgium accounts for 87.1% of the EU-27 total of 42.0.

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 9.0% (from 40.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm410, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.