Belgium: residents at risk of poverty, by household type 2022

This statistic shows the share of the Belgian population that is at risk of poverty from 2019 to 2022, by type of household. In 2022, 20.7 percent of the single parent households were at risk of poverty, and 14.1 percent of the households without children were at risk of poverty.

Share of Belgian population at risk of poverty from 2019 to 2022, by type of household

Characteristic	Single household	2 adults, both under 65 y/o	2 adults, at least 1 above 65 y/o	Single parents	2 adults with one or more children	Other situation	Total households without children	Total householed with children
2022	20.7%	5.7%	16.3%	30.5%	9.9%	10.3%	14.1%	12.4%
2021	21%	5.1%	13.7%	25.5%	10.3%	8.2%	12.6%	12.7%
2020	23.2%	5.7%	16.9%	29.3%	11.7%	8.2%	14.4%	13.8%
2019	20.2%	7%	15.5%	34.6%	13.4%	9.2%	13.4%	16.1%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2019 to 2022

Supplementary notes

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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