BE · 2020 · tepsr_spi120
Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Belgium, 2020
In 2020, Belgium's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 6.0% compared to 2019, reaching 23.7.
Belgium accounts for 96.3% of the EU-27 total of 24.6.
Belgium ranks 8th 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 20.2% (from 29.7 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.