Subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium
Belgium: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 15.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium stood at 15.5%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium peaked at 22.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2023.
Belgium ranks 19th of 36 countries on this measure, 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 | 20.6% | 19.1% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.2% | 15.5% | 17.1% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1132 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium was 15.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Belgium ranks 19th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status 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 tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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