Poverty & Inequality in Belgium 159 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Subjective poverty by tenure status 15.5% 2025 down 24.4% 22nd Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 66.7% 16th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 16.5% 2025 down 21.8% 36th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 9.4% 2025 down 26.0% 26th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 9.4% 2025 down 26.0% 26th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 19.0% 2025 down 24.6% 36th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 3.8% 2025 down 38.7% 19th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,925 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 16th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2541 2023 down 1.6% 35th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2543 2023 down 1.2% 35th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 11,680 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.5% 11th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.2 Average 2025 down 2.4% 21st [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.4% 2025 down 11.1% 26th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.1% 2025 down 22.8% 31st Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.1% 2025 down 22.8% 31st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,925 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 13th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.4% 2025 down 11.1% 26th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 5.7% 2025 down 13.6% 23rd Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.5% 2025 down 25.0% 28th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 4.9% 2025 down 31.9% 19th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 563 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.2% 13th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 18.2% 2024 down 14.2% 27th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,925 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 14th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 91.7% 2020 up 1.6% 27th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 449 Thousand persons 2020 down 28.5% 19th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% 62nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2% 2024 down 3.8% 31st Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 4.0% 2020 down 32.2% 28th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 19.0% 2020 down 8.7% 27th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 9.9% 2025 down 33.1% 20th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -37 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 190.2% 21st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 18.9% 2020 down 9.1% 25th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 19.5% 2020 down 10.1% 22nd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 18.4% 2020 down 8.0% 21st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 19.9% 2020 down 14.2% 22nd Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 0.7% 2020 down 50.3% 24th Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 0.4% 2020 down 31.4% 20th Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 1.1% 2020 down 45.0% 23rd ← Previous Page 3 of 3