The unemployed, single-parent families and least educated persons are the most vulnerable to poverty
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the new poverty figures for 2017 from the survey on income and living conditions. The main findings are:
- In Belgium, 15.9 % of the population was considered at risk of monetary poverty in 2017. These people live in a household with a total disposable income lower than 1,139 euros per month for a single person.
- 13.5% of the population lives in households with low work intensity.
- 5.1% of the Belgian population was facing severe material deprivation in 2017.
- The people who are confronted with at least one of the above situations are considered at risk of poverty or social exclusion according to the European poverty indicator of the Europe 2020 strategy. In 2017, this concerned 20.3% of the population.
Risk of poverty or social exclusion
|
|
People at risk of monetary poverty (%) |
People living in households facing severe material deprivation (%) |
People (aged under 60) living in households with low work intensity (%) |
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (European indicator) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total |
15.9% |
5.1% |
13.5% |
20.3% |
|
AGE |
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|
0-17 |
18.6% |
6.5% |
12.7% |
22.0% |
|
18-64 |
15.0% |
5.5% |
13.7% |
20.7% |
|
65 years and over |
16.0% |
2.2% |
. |
17.1% |
|
MAIN ACTIVITY STATUS |
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|
Employed |
5.0% |
1.8% |
0.2% |
6.4% |
|
Unemployed |
49.1% |
19.5% |
58.6% |
65.9% |
|
Retired / early retired |
13.7% |
2.3% |
57.8% |
16.3% |
|
Other inactive people |
32.7% |
10.6% |
35.3% |
44.0% |
|
GENDER |
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|
Male |
14.9% |
4.8% |
12.6% |
19.1% |
|
Female |
16.9% |
5.4% |
14.4% |
21.4% |
|
HOUSEHOLD TYPE |
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|
One-person |
21.9% |
9.1% |
29.5% |
30.4% |
|
2 adults < 65 without children |
8.9% |
4.1% |
13.1% |
16.1% |
|
2 adults, at least 1 > 65 years, without children |
14.8% |
1.7% |
42.5% |
17.3% |
|
Other households without children |
8.0% |
1.8% |
9.5% |
12.7% |
|
Single parent with child(ren) |
39.7% |
16.7% |
35.5% |
49.7% |
|
2 adults, 1 child |
12.7% |
3.9% |
6.0% |
15.1% |
|
2 adults, 2 children |
8.5% |
2.6% |
6.0% |
10.9% |
|
2 adults, 3 children or + |
19.1% |
4.2% |
10.9% |
20.5% |
|
Other households with child(ren) |
20.8% |
7.0% |
10.6% |
23.1% |