Poverty & Inequality in Belgium 159 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 24.5% 58th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.2% 109th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman 2023 down 21.1% 196th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 kg per hectare 2023 down 7.9% 9th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 25.8% 132nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 121.7% 122nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.58 2023 down 5.4% 4th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% 2023 down 5.4% 4th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 23.9% 148th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.4793 % change on previous year 2023 down 69.8% 113th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.031 2023 down 57.5% 161st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.6% 2023 up 6.8% 75th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0781 2023 down 4.1% 195th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0781 2023 down 4.1% 195th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 2023 down 4.9% 200th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 103rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 50.0% 113th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 40.0% 116th Prosperity gap 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 28.6% 120th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1132 2023 down 10.1% 167th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 9.5% 2023 down 19.5% 111th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 50.0% 117th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.891 2023 up 4.9% 6th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.891 2023 up 4.9% 6th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.891 2023 up 4.9% 6th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 unchanged 109th Three metrics of inequality 45.06 2022 up 3.9% 97th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4506 2022 up 3.9% 97th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 1,276 2023 up 24.0% 4th Income share held by second 20% 14.4% 2023 up 2.1% 6th Income share held by third 20% 18.0% 2023 unchanged 5th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.2% 2023 down 3.5% 61st Income share held by highest 20% 36.3% 2023 down 0.3% 113th Income share held by highest 10% 22.2% 2023 up 1.8% 113th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.7% 2023 up 12.1% 14th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.1% 2023 up 5.8% 17th Gini index 26.8 2023 down 3.2% 111th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.3% 2023 down 17.8% 96th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 4.73 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 69.0% 96th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 70.6% 102nd At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 10.9% 2025 down 26.8% 43rd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2869 2022 up 3.8% 102nd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 23.0% 2025 down 13.9% 30th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2869 2022 up 3.8% 102nd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 9.4% 2025 down 26.0% 24th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 39,352 2017 up 8.3% 19th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 16.5% 2025 down 23.6% 34th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.9% 2025 down 31.9% 19th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 32.9% 2022 up 4.9% 101st Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 8.7% 2022 up 6.5% 106th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 4.0% 2020 down 32.2% 26th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 19.0% 2020 down 8.7% 25th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 37.7% 2023 up 5.6% 18th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2682 2023 down 3.1% 108th Page 1 of 3 Next →