Share of population living below national poverty lines in Belgium
Belgium: Share of population living below national poverty lines was 12.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Belgium, 2018–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 12.3% for share of population living below national poverty lines in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 16.9% over five years.
That places Belgium 53rd out of 70 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 14.8% | — |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.4% | 14.1% | 14.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 12.7% | 12.3% | 13.2% | 3 |
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 share of population living below national poverty lines in Belgium?
- Share of population living below national poverty lines in Belgium was 12.3% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2022.
- How does Belgium rank for share of population living below national poverty lines?
- Belgium ranks 53rd out of 70 countries with data for 2022.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living below national poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.