Belgium: residents at risk of poverty, by age 2022 | Statista

This statistic shows the share of the Belgian population that is at risk of poverty from 2008 to 2022, by age. In 2022, 13.5 percent of the people between 0 and 15 years old were at risk of poverty, and 17.9 percent of the people older than 65 were at risk of poverty.

Share of Belgian population at risk of poverty from 2008 to 2022, by age

Characteristic	0-15 years	16-24 years	25-49 years	50-64 years	65 years and older
2008	16.6%	17.5%	10.4%	13.7%	21.3%
2009	16.4%	16.2%	10.8%	12.9%	21.6%
2010	18.5%	14.8%	11.4%	12.3%	19.4%
2011	18.5%	15.3%	13.1%	12.1%	20.2%
2012	17.3%	16.5%	13.3%	12.8%	19.4%
2013	16.8%	17%	13.8%	11.7%	18.4%
2014	17.9%	20.4%	14.4%	11.8%	16.1%
2015	17.4%	19.5%	13.5%	12.1%	15.2%
2016	17.2%	21.2%	13.5%	14.3%	15.4%
2017	17.9%	22.1%	14%	13.9%	16%
2018	20.2%	20.4%	14.2%	14.1%	16.7%
2019*	19%	16.3%	12.7%	12.6%	15.7%
2020	16.3%	15.8%	11%	13%	18.7%
2021	14.7%	14%	10.3%	11.9%	14.8%
2022	13.5%	16.9%	9.9%	12.3%	17.9%

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February 2023

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2008 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*A change in methodology was reported in 2019.

According to the definition of Statistics Belgium, the poverty threshold equals 60 percent of the average disposable income on an individual level. People with a lower income are considered poor.

** The percentages are not cumulative. They represent the at-risk-of-poverty rate for each individual category.

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