Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium
Belgium: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day was 0.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 68.9% on the previous year and down 97.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium peaked at 0.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2023.
Belgium ranks 98th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.2% | — |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +150.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +60.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -55.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -87.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +712.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -44.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -24.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +73.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -25.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +93.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -73.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +100.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +159.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -56.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -18.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -81.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +132.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -55.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -68.9% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 3% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 5% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +712.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Belgium was 0.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Belgium ranks 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.