BE · 2018 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Belgium, 2018
In 2018, Belgium's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 3.1% compared to 2017, reaching 49.2.
Belgium accounts for 97.6% of the EU-27 total of 50.4.
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 8.6% (from 45.3 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.