Belgium - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Belgium was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2004.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1985 0.200
1988 0.500
1992 1.000
1995 0.400
1997 0.500
2000 0.300
2003 0.300
2004 0.100
2005 0.200
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.100
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Belgium was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2004.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1985 0.500
1988 0.700
1992 1.000
1995 0.700
1997 0.500
2000 0.700
2003 0.500
2004 0.100
2005 0.300
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.100
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.300
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.100
2015 0.200
2016 0.100
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2018 14.80
2019 14.10

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Belgium was 0.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.20 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.20 in 2004.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1985 0.70
1988 0.70
1992 1.20
1995 1.00
1997 0.70
2000 0.70
2003 0.70
2004 0.20
2005 0.50
2006 0.40
2007 0.30
2008 0.30
2009 0.30
2010 0.40
2011 0.50
2012 0.40
2013 0.40
2014 0.20
2015 0.20
2016 0.20
2017 0.40
2018 0.20
2019 0.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates