poverty threshold was over 0.5 percentage points higher than the share of men.
In 2022, roughly 13.2 percent of the Belgium population was at risk of poverty, which is defined as 60 percent of the average disposable income in the country. People with an income lower than this are considered poor. Women were especially vulnerable, as the share of women living under the Share of Belgian population at risk of poverty from 2008 to 2022
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