Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium
Belgium: Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium stood at 1.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium peaked at 2.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2024.
That places Belgium 28th 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 two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.0% | — |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -26.9% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | -34.5% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -11.8% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.8%, 83% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.8%, 86% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.5% | 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 persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium?
- Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Belgium was 1.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age?
- Belgium ranks 28th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. 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 two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age, sex and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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