Persons per household fell 0.362% to 2.33 persons in Belgium in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, persons per household in Belgium reached an all time high of 3.05 persons in 1960 and an all time low of 2.33 persons in 2017. When compared to Belgium's main peers, persons per household in France amounted to 2.21 persons, 1.99 persons in Germany, 2.43 persons in Luxembourg and 2.19 persons in Netherlands in 2017.
Belgium has been ranked 95th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of persons per household, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Persons Per Household | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | persons | 2.28 | 2.27 | 2.26 | 2.25 | 2.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 2.35 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 2.33 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | 2.13 | 2.13 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.11 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 2.22 | 2.22 | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 2.02 | 2.01 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 1.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 2.43 | 2.40 | 2.38 | 2.36 | 2.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | 2.46 | 2.45 | 2.44 | 2.43 | 2.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.20 | 2.19 | 2.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 2.78 | 2.77 | 2.76 | 2.75 | 2.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 2.63 | 2.61 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 2.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 2.31 | 2.29 | 2.28 | 2.26 | 2.25 |
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