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 22nd of 45 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.
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20.8% | — |
| 2011 | 20.9% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 22.1% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 21.0% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 21.4% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 20.9% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 19.1% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 16.6% | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 17.1% | +10.3% |
| 2025 | 15.5% | -9.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 15.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 98% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 15.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 15.0%, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
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)
- 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 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 22nd out of 45 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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