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

In 2021, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 46.2.

Belgium accounts for 78.6% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

Belgium ranks 19th 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 12.5% (from 52.8 in 2016).

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