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

In 2014, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 9.3% compared to 2013, reaching 56.4.

Belgium accounts for 87.9% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

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 grown by 13.3% (from 49.8 in 2009).

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