People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age

In 2024, Belgium's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age decreased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 18.3.

Belgium accounts for 87.1% of the EU-27 total of 21.0.

Belgium ranks 16th 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 20.1 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm411, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.