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

In 2025, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 0.7% compared to 2024, reaching 43.5.

Belgium accounts for 74.0% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

Belgium ranks 20th 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 5.8% (from 46.2 in 2020).

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