At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2010, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 10.2% compared to 2009, reaching 54.9.

Belgium accounts for 86.7% of the EU-27 total of 63.3.

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 grown by 1.1% (from 54.3 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.