Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium

Belgium: Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
1.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 43 countries
All-time high
2.9%
in 2021
All-time low
1.5%
in 2024
Years of data
11
2015–2025

Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium, 2015–2025

01232015202020252015: 2 Percentage2016: 2.6 Percentage2017: 1.9 Percentage2018: 1.9 Percentage2019: 2.2 Percentage2020: 2.6 Percentage2021: 2.9 Percentage2022: 1.8 Percentage2023: 1.7 Percentage2024: 1.5 Percentage2025: 1.5 Percentage

Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.

Analysis

Belgium recorded 1.5% for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium peaked at 2.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2024.

That places Belgium 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium, year by year

Annual values for Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most frequent activity status and income quantile in Belgium, 2015 to 2025.
Year Percentage Change
2015 2.0%
2016 2.6% +30.0%
2017 1.9% -26.9%
2018 1.9% +0.0%
2019 2.2% +15.8%
2020 2.6% +18.2%
2021 2.9% +11.5%
2022 1.8% -37.9%
2023 1.7% -5.6%
2024 1.5% -11.8%
2025 1.5% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 2.1% 1.9% 2.6% 5
2020s 2.0% 1.5% 2.9% 6

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 27 Ireland 1.5% compare
  2. 27 Norway 1.5% compare
  3. 30 Switzerland 1.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium?
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most in Belgium was 1.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2021.
What is the lowest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2024.
How does Belgium rank for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most?
Belgium ranks 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
Is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most frequent activity status and income quantile. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by most frequent activity status and income quantile
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
45 places, 478 data points, 2015–2025
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