BE · 2022 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Belgium, 2022
In 2022, Belgium's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 8.1% compared to 2021, reaching 11.4.
Belgium accounts for 85.1% of the EU-27 total of 13.4.
Belgium ranks 11th 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 20.8% (from 14.4 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.