Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Belgium
12.3% of people in Belgium lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Belgium, 2022
12.3%
Change from 2021
−0.9percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
18.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Belgium over time
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Belgium
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3% |
| 2021 | 13.2% |
| 2020 | 12.7% |
| 2019 | 14.1% |
| 2018 | 14.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 13.2% in 2021.
- Since 2018, when it was 14.8%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
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All statistics for Belgium
Extreme poverty rate
0.1%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
10.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
16.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
23.4 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
3.25 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
4.9%
2025 · Eurostat