Subjective poverty by sex and age in Belgium
Belgium: Subjective poverty by sex and age was 15.5 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Latest (2025)
15.5
Change on year
down 9.4%
World rank
18th
of 35 countries
All-time high
22.1
in 2012
All-time low
15.5
in 2023
Years of data
16
2010β2025
Subjective poverty by sex and age in Belgium, 2010β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 15.5 for subjective poverty by sex and age in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by sex and age in Belgium peaked at 22.1 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 15.5, in 2023.
That places Belgium 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.61 | 19.1 | 22.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.17 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.38 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 8,486 (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 revenues vs income inequality 42.58 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.4793 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.031 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by sex and age in Belgium?
- Subjective poverty by sex and age in Belgium was 15.5 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1 in 2012.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5 in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for subjective poverty by sex and age?
- Belgium ranks 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by sex and age rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. 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 Subjective poverty by sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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