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

In 2015, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 4.3% compared to 2014, reaching 54.0.

Belgium accounts for 84.1% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

Belgium ranks 18th 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 1.6% (from 54.9 in 2010).

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