At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2016, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 4.0% compared to 2015, reaching 46.5.

Belgium accounts for 88.6% of the EU-27 total of 52.5.

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 grown by 1.3% (from 45.9 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.