Relative median poverty risk gap by age group - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Belgium's relative median poverty risk gap by age group increased by 12.8% compared to 2023, reaching 15.9.

Belgium accounts for 70.0% of the EU-27 total of 22.7.

Belgium ranks 26th 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 0.6% (from 16.0 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.