Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Belgium
Belgium: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 15.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belgium, 1985–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belgium stood at 15.0%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belgium peaked at 58.0% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2021.
That places Belgium 111th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 58.0% | — |
| 1988 | 54.5% | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 46.0% | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 33.7% | -26.7% |
| 1997 | 33.5% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 27.2% | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 29.4% | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 26.9% | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 25.6% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 25.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25.4% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 23.1% | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 23.0% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 24.9% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 22.7% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 22.8% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 22.0% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 22.2% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 20.7% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 15.0% | -4.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 15.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 55% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 15.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 26% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 56.2% | 54.5% | 58.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 37.7% | 33.5% | 46.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 25.7% | 22.5% | 29.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 17.6% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 15.0% | 15.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belgium?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belgium was 15.0% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 58.0% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Belgium ranks 111th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.