EU 4.73
· European ranking
30 / 30
Down 3 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
3.25 Ratio
EU 4.73 · -1.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.