European ranking
30 / 30
Improved by 3 positions since the previous year
Belgium: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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Country overview
Belgium
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
3.25 Ratio
Compared with Europe
-1.5 puntos
Belgium is 1.5 points below the European average.
EU: 4.73
Affected population
11.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.25 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.48 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 3.63 in 2020 to 3.25 in 2025. The latest step, from 3.45 in 2024 to 3.25 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.