Belgium

Belgium is in 13th place in the OECD in terms of the share of immigrants in its population, with the foreign-born accounting for 13% of the total population. The foreign-born population is on average less educated than across OECD countries, with 28% of highly educated compared with 31% across OECD countries. 43% come from an OECD high-income country and 50% from a country with the same official language.

Native-born offspring of immigrants represent 7.1% of the 15-34 population. They have on average lower educational attainment than the offspring of the native-born (with 18% of them highly educated compared with 45.9% of the offspring of the native-born). They are much less likely to be employed than the latter and differences in educational attainment account for 29% of the differences between the two groups.

The immigrant household median income in Belgium is in the bottom half of OECD countries and its level is 30% lower than the native-born one (compared with -21% across OECD countries). 22% of persons living in an immigrant household live with income below the poverty line, compared with an average of 17% across OECD countries.

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