Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium
Belgium: Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty was 2.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium is 2.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium peaked at 3.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2025.
That places Belgium 26th out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.7% | — |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 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 persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium?
- Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Belgium was 2.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2025.
- How does Belgium rank for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty?
- Belgium ranks 26th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. 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 Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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