BE · 2018 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Belgium, 2018
In 2018, Belgium's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased by 4.1% compared to 2017, reaching 23.0.
Belgium accounts for 98.3% of the EU-27 total of 23.4.
Belgium ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.0% (from 21.9 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.