At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Belgium
Belgium: At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region was 10.9 in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Belgium, 2003–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Belgium is 10.9, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Belgium peaked at 16.4 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.9, in 2025.
Belgium ranks 33rd of 35 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15.4 | — |
| 2004 | 14.3 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 14.8 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 14.7 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 15.2 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 14.7 | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 14.6 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15.3 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 15.3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15.1 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 15.5 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 14.9 | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 15.5 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 15.9 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 16.4 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 14.8 | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 14.1 | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 12.8 | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 13.1 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 12.4 | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 11.4 | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 10.9 | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.81 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 7 |
| 2010s | 15.33 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.45 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.38 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 8,486 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.58 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 42.58 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.4793 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.031 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Belgium?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Belgium was 10.9 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4 in 2018.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9 in 2025.
- How does Belgium rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region?
- Belgium ranks 33rd out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).