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

In 2019, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 5.5% compared to 2018, reaching 57.0.

Belgium accounts for 101.6% of the EU-27 total of 56.1.

Belgium ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.1% (from 56.4 in 2014).

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