Official Belgian data, explained
Share: Widowed by municipality in Belgium (2026)
This page maps Share: Widowed for one nationally comparable 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Population
What this indicator measures
Residents recorded with civil-status code 3.
Official Statbel measure for Widowed.
Share. Matching-category residents divided by total residents in the same area and reference date × 100.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2026
- Measure
- Share
- Unit
- %
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 5.6%
- Unweighted area mean
- 5.5%
- Minimum
- 1.3%
- Maximum
- 9.8%
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 5.6 %. Values extend from 1.3 to 9.8 %. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 1.3–5.3208 areas
- 5.3–5.8152 areas
- 5.8–6.2112 areas
- 6.2–6.856 areas
- 6.8–10.237 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 1.3–1.6 | 1 |
| 1.6–2 | 0 |
| 2–2.3 | 0 |
| 2.3–2.7 | 4 |
| 2.7–3.1 | 3 |
| 3.1–3.4 | 4 |
| 3.4–3.8 | 6 |
| 3.8–4.1 | 17 |
| 4.1–4.5 | 30 |
| 4.5–4.8 | 58 |
| 4.8–5.2 | 56 |
| 5.2–5.5 | 93 |
| 5.5–5.9 | 122 |
| 5.9–6.2 | 84 |
| 6.2–6.6 | 35 |
| 6.6–7 | 23 |
| 7–7.3 | 11 |
| 7.3–7.7 | 6 |
| 7.7–8 | 3 |
| 8–8.4 | 1 |
| 8.4–8.7 | 2 |
| 8.7–9.1 | 2 |
| 9.1–9.4 | 2 |
| 9.4–9.8 | 2 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Nieuwpoort | 38016 | 9.8 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Koksijde | 38014 | 9.7 % |
| Highest | 3 | Middelkerke | 35011 | 9.2 % |
| Highest | 4 | De Panne | 38008 | 9.1 % |
| Highest | 5 | Knokke-Heist | 31043 | 9 % |
| Highest | 6 | De Haan | 35029 | 8.8 % |
| Highest | 7 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 8.6 % |
| Highest | 8 | Horebeke | 45062 | 8.6 % |
| Highest | 9 | Florenville | 85011 | 8.1 % |
| Highest | 10 | Bouillon | 84010 | 8 % |
| Lowest | 565 | Herstappe | 73028 | 1.3 % |
| Lowest | 564 | Ixelles | 21009 | 2.4 % |
| Lowest | 563 | Saint-Gilles | 21013 | 2.4 % |
| Lowest | 562 | Etterbeek | 21005 | 2.5 % |
| Lowest | 561 | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | 21014 | 2.6 % |
| Lowest | 560 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 2.8 % |
| Lowest | 559 | Schaerbeek | 21015 | 2.8 % |
| Lowest | 558 | Koekelberg | 21011 | 3 % |
| Lowest | 557 | Forest | 21007 | 3.1 % |
| Lowest | 556 | Geer | 64029 | 3.2 % |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Reference population on 1 January.
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