Official Belgian data, explained
Income and poverty in Belgium: maps and local statistics
Explore 18 official income and poverty indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.
Income and poverty is represented by 18 validated indicators from 23 source providers. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Income and poverty: 18 indicators
Administrative income coverage
Persons included or not included in the administrative-income population.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Administrative income distribution
Published administrative-income quartiles.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Administrative monetary poverty risk
Statbel administrative poverty-risk estimate by 2019 municipality code.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Average taxable income
Total net taxable income divided by non-zero-income declarations.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Income interquartile asymmetry
Published Statbel interquartile asymmetry coefficient.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Income interquartile coefficient
Published Statbel interquartile dispersion coefficient.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Income interquartile range
Published difference between the third and first quartile.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Income of households by NUTS 2 region
Income of households by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- province
International-employment household share
Share of persons living in a household with international employment.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Median taxable income
Published median net taxable income per declaration; never aggregated from child medians.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Non-zero-income declarations
Tax declarations with non-zero net taxable income.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Total net taxable income
Sum of net taxable income after deductible expenses.
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Indicators (18)
- Administrative income coverage
- Administrative income distribution
- Administrative monetary poverty risk
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region
- Average taxable income
- Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
- Income interquartile asymmetry
- Income interquartile coefficient
- Income interquartile range
- Income of households by NUTS 2 region
- International-employment household share
- Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region
- Median taxable income
- Non-zero-income declarations
- Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region
- Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region
- Total net taxable income
Method and limitations
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Provenance and QA