In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium
Belgium: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract was 2.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium, 2003–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium stood at 2.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium peaked at 3.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2004.
Belgium ranks 46th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3.8% | — |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -52.6% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | +42.1% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +45.0% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | -27.6% |
| 2025 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 kg per hectare (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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Belgium was 2.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2004.
- How does Belgium rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract?
- Belgium ranks 46th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. 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 In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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