EU 16.23
· European ranking
29 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Belgium: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.90% of people
EU 16.23 · -5.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 11 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+113.76
23.30
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2+33.94
14.60
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3+33.03
14.50
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4+9.17
11.90
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5+5.50
11.50
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6-5.50
10.30
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7-9.17
9.90
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8-38.53
6.70
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9-44.04
6.10
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10-46.79
5.80
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11-48.62
5.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Poverty risk stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 10.9% versus 16.2% in 2025, a large gap of 5.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 14.10% in 2020 to 10.90% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.40% in 2024 to 10.90% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Belgium
In Belgium, regional differences in Poverty risk are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest records the highest value (23.3%) and Prov. West-Vlaanderen the lowest (5.6%), a gap of 17.7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability 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.