Poverty & Inequality in Belgium 159 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 10,237 people 2023 down 36.5% 99th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 11.75 million people 2023 up 6.0% 39th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 9.76 million people 2023 up 14.0% 20th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 7.0% 2023 down 41.0% 113th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.3% 2023 down 52.0% 117th Number of people living in extreme poverty 11.77 million people 2023 up 5.6% 57th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 10,237 people 2023 down 36.5% 99th Number of people living in extreme poverty 10,237 people 2023 down 36.5% 99th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.3% 2023 down 52.0% 117th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 3.5% 2023 down 33.8% 94th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 8.3% 2023 down 17.1% 92nd Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 14.3% 2023 down 9.1% 98th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 17.2% 2023 down 26.3% 113th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.1% 2023 down 60.8% 114th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 104th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.3% 2023 down 58.3% 117th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 10,237 people 2023 down 36.5% 99th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 9.76 million people 2023 up 14.0% 20th Gini coefficient 0.2682 2023 down 3.1% 108th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% 102nd Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 12.3% 2022 — 53rd Share of population living below national poverty lines 12.3% 2022 — 53rd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.6% 2023 down 62.5% 47th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2432 2024 down 7.3% 46th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2432 2024 down 7.3% 46th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 11.54 million people 2021 up 5.9% 33rd Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% 102nd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 15.0% 2021 down 39.8% 111th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% 102nd Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 3,472 people 2021 down 81.3% 101st Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.1% 2021 down 55.8% 103rd Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 down 59.2% 112th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% 102nd Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 47.7% 2023 up 0.9% 2nd Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 36.5% 2023 down 4.6% 2nd Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 12.3% 2022 — 54th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 34.5% 2025 down 3.1% 13th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 14.8% 2025 down 14.9% 27th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 16.9% 2025 down 11.5% 46th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -4.94 Number 2025 down 8.3% 38th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 2.0% 2025 down 23.1% 46th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 13.9% 2025 up 35.0% 30th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 4.6% 2025 down 28.1% 47th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 70.9% 2025 down 1.1% 31st Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 0.6% 2025 down 57.1% 47th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 13.8% 2025 down 28.9% 40th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 31.5% 2025 down 13.0% 29th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 4.5% 2025 down 32.8% 39th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 18.4% 2009 up 76.9% 7th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0141 2024 down 46.8% 19th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 6.3% 2025 down 50.4% 22nd Subjective poverty by sex and age 15.5% 2025 down 24.4% 22nd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →