BE · 2023 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Belgium, 2023
In 2023, Belgium's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 7.0% compared to 2022, reaching 12.2.
Belgium accounts for 89.7% of the EU-27 total of 13.6.
Belgium ranks 10th 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 6.2% (from 13.0 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.