BE · 2017 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Belgium, 2017
In 2017, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2016, reaching 47.7.
Belgium accounts for 94.1% of the EU-27 total of 50.7.
Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.9% (from 45.9 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.