Table 3: Poverty risk level in Belgium.
|
Belgium |
Flemish region |
Walloon region |
Brussels region |
Europe |
|
|
Women |
15.6% |
12.3% |
17.7% |
17.0% |
|
|
Men |
13.7% |
10.5% |
16.2% |
15.0% |
|
|
Total
|
14.7% |
11.4% |
17.1% |
25.9% |
16.0% |
Poverty risk level in % =
percentage of people living in households that have an income less than 60.0%
of the median national equivalent revenue, according to gender, comparing
Belgium and regions, and European Union (UE-25, 2008)