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20.9%oftheBelgianpopulationindicatesdifficultiesorgreatdifficultiesinmak-
ingtheendsmeetonaneverydaybasis(EUSILC2013).
Totheabove-mentionedcharacteristicsofpovertyandsocialinclusioninBel-
gium,wemayalsoaddthestrongregionaldifferences.TheAROPE-indicatorfor
theyear2011,thelastyearatourdisposal,forinstance,shows40.4%fortheBrus-
selsRegion,15%fortheFlemishRegion,and25.4%fortheWalloonRegion,lead-
ingtoanaverageforBelgiumof20.8%.
Table50At-risk-of-poverty(Belgium,SILC2013)
Specificgroups
(%)
Belgiumoverall
15.1
Agegroup0-15yearsold
16.8
Agegroup16-25yearsold
17.0
Agegroupover65yearsold
18.4
Verylowworkintensity(householdwithno-oneworking
withoutdependentchildren)
50.2
Verylowworkintensity(householdwithno-oneworkingand
withdependentchildren)
71.0
Singlepersons
24.5
Singleparents
34.2
Tenants
34.6
PeoplenotbornintheEU-28norBelgium
45.5
PeoplebornoutsideBelgium
33.9
Apartfromthesubjectiveandrelative(financial)povertyandsocialexclusion
rates,itisimportanttolookatpossibleinequalities.Forthatpurpose,theGinico-
efficientgivesanindication.TheGinicoefficientforBelgiumisratherstableand
beneaththeEuropean(EU-28)averageof30.5%(EUSILC2013)(Table6).
Table60Gini-coefficient(Belgium,SILC2009-2013)
SILC2009
SILC2010
SILC2011
SILC2012
SILC2013
(%)
Belgium
26.4
26.6
26.3
26.5
25.9
InthelightoftheEuropeanEU2020Strategy,Belgiumhassetitselfagoalto
reducethenumberofpeopleat-risk-of-povertyorsocialexclusionby380,000per-
sonsin2020.Inabsolutenumbers,thiswouldmeanthattheamountofpeopleliv-
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