Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP in Belgium
Belgium: Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP was 0.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP in Belgium, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp in Belgium stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp in Belgium peaked at 2.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2025.
Belgium ranks 47th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.8% | — |
| 2008 | 2.1% | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -42.9% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +58.3% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | +52.6% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -51.7% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | +57.1% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +27.3% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -46.4% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | +40.0% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -42.9% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -47.1% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | -33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 0.8% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 44 Netherlands 1.0% compare
- 44 Netherlands 1.0% compare
- 46 Luxembourg 0.9% compare
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 persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp in Belgium?
- Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp in Belgium was 0.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- How does Belgium rank for persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp?
- Belgium ranks 47th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - eu-silc and echp rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. 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 Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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