BE · 2016 · tepsr_spi110
At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Belgium, 2016
In 2016, Belgium's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 2.2% compared to 2015, reaching 52.8.
Belgium accounts for 82.2% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.
Belgium ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.9% (from 56.1 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.