Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

  More than two million Belgians, namely 2,144,000 citizens or 18.7% of the Belgian population, face the risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE). This is evidenced by the 2022 poverty figures published today, Thursday, by the Belgian statistical office Statbel on the basis of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC).
According to Belgian figures published in Brussels, 13.2% of Belgians live in a household whose total disposable income is below the poverty threshold, which is 1,366 euros per month per capita. They are considered at risk of monetary poverty (AROP). In addition, 11.5% of the population lives in a low-work-intensity (LWI) household. According to the figures, 5.8% of Belgians faced severe material and social deprivation (SMSD) in 2022.

People with at least one of the three situations listed above are considered to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) according to the European Poverty Index under the Europe 2030 Strategy.
For 2022, this represents 18.7% of the population, which is 2,144,000 citizens.