BE · 2011 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Belgium, 2011
In 2011, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.1% compared to 2010, reaching 20.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.1%.
Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.9% (from 23.2% in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.