Inequality of income distribution

In 2024, Belgium's inequality of income distribution increased by 1.8% compared to 2023, reaching 6.90.

Belgium accounts for 74.0% of the EU-27 total of 9.32.

Belgium ranks 24th 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 4.2% (from 7.20 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.