EU 20.40
· European ranking
25 / 30
Down 7 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
16.50% of people
EU 20.40 · -3.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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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+103.64
33.60
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2+50.30
24.80
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3+18.79
19.60
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4-4.85
15.70
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5-6.67
15.40
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6-13.94
14.20
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7-15.76
13.90
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8-26.67
12.10
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9-38.18
10.20
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10-40.61
9.80
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11-46.67
8.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate 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 or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 16.5% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 20.30% in 2020 to 16.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 18.30% in 2024 to 16.50% 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 or exclusion are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest records the highest value (33.6%) and Prov. Vlaams-Brabant the lowest (8.8%), a gap of 24.8 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.