At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2019, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex decreased by 9.8% compared to 2018, reaching 44.4.

Belgium accounts for 89.7% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

Belgium ranks 17th 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 4.5% (from 46.5 in 2014).

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