In the context of the quarterly monitoring of personal well-being and living conditions, Statbel interviewed some 5,000 Belgians aged 16 to 74. In the fourth quarter of 2024:

• 8.7% felt always or usually lonely,
• 64.8% felt always or usually happy,
• 39.5% found it very difficult, difficult or rather difficult to make ends meet,
• 55% reported a high degree of general life satisfaction,
• 68.8% reported a high degree of satisfaction with personal relationships,
• 39.3% reported a high degree of satisfaction with their financial situation,
• 16.9% said their income was higher than last year, and 73.9% said their income was more or less the same as last year.

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