BE · 2025 · tespm150
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate
Belgium, 2025
In 2025, Belgium's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased by 8.9% compared to 2024, reaching 7.20.
Belgium accounts for 59.0% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.
Belgium ranks 18th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.6% (from 9.30 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.