BE · 2016 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Belgium, 2016
In 2016, Belgium's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 7.3% compared to 2015, reaching 21.6.
Belgium accounts for 82.1% of the EU-27 total of 26.3.
Belgium ranks 18th 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 7.3% (from 23.3 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.