Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2024, Belgium's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2023, reaching 23.7.

Belgium accounts for 100.0% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.0% (from 25.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.