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

In 2024, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 5.1% compared to 2023, reaching 43.2.

Belgium accounts for 74.6% of the EU-27 total of 57.9.

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 24.2% (from 57.0 in 2019).

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