In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium
Belgium: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked was 13.9 in 2025. ▲ Rising
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium, 2003–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium is 13.9, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 37.6% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium peaked at 13.9 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.8, in 2021.
Belgium ranks 24th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6.8 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | -26.5% |
| 2005 | 10.6 | +112.0% |
| 2006 | 12 | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 11.5 | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 12.9 | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 9.4 | -27.1% |
| 2010 | 11.2 | +19.1% |
| 2011 | 7.9 | -29.5% |
| 2012 | 8 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 9.5 | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 13.7 | +44.2% |
| 2015 | 10.3 | -24.8% |
| 2016 | 8.2 | -20.4% |
| 2017 | 9.3 | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 10.2 | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 8.2 | -19.6% |
| 2020 | 8.6 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 3.8 | -55.8% |
| 2022 | 8.9 | +134.2% |
| 2023 | 10.9 | +22.5% |
| 2024 | 10.1 | -7.3% |
| 2025 | 13.9 | +37.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.74 | 5 | 12.9 | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.65 | 7.9 | 13.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.37 | 3.8 | 13.9 | 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 in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked in Belgium was 13.9 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9 in 2025.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8 in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked?
- Belgium ranks 24th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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