Belgium: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Belgium — 260 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
28.31
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.07
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
5.40
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
22,780.52
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.69
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,125.60
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
30,689.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
7,730.88
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.71
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
521.04
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
5.55
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
0.67
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
19.31
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
5.94
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.02
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
0.79
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
79.27
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
534.18B
GDP (current US$)
2024
671.37B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
1.07
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
45,045.66
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
56,614.57
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
0.40
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
63,347.79
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
73,514.48
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
751.22B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
871.78B
GNI (current US$)
2024
682.33B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
55,290.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
74,770.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
655.62B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
886.67B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
79.66
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
18.74
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
1.88
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
3.14
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.03
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
70.99
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.04
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
158.93
Education (7)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
13.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2022
6.28
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2023
102.11
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
142.96
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2024
7,098.81
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
22.20
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
22.31B
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
23.54
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
8.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-25.19
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
86.65
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
7.31
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
20.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
13.71
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
10.39
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
12.59
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
23.90
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-0.36
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.16
Fish species, threatened
2022
19.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
3.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-28.41
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
11.74
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.62
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.28
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.68
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.98
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-0.71
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.45
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.21
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.15
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.42
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.23
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.33
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
11.22
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
91.95
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
3.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
386.30
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
5.48
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.25
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
18.60
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
16.40
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-23.30
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
107.82
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
9.09
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
4.23
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
3.50
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
57.61
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
32.40
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
25.21
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
187.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
9.20
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
17.90
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
6.24
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
75.85
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
0.00
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
10.80
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
9.50
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
5.90
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.44
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
5.42
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
97.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
97.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
96.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
20.00
International migrant stock, total
2024
2.35M
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
84.40
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
80.30
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
82.30
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.00
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
21,405.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
4.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
5.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
9.20
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
7.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
11.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
15.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
11.90
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
19.40
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.42
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.33
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.52
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
5.30
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
43.50
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
73.08
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
3.10
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
2.80
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
3.50
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
2.20
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
3.70
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
3.30
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.10
Net migration
2025
31,989.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
53.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
135.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
213.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
41.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
318.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
4.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
225.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
385.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
100.00
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
99.49
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
3.57
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
16.00
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
927,205.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
15.42
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
969,713.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
16.58
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
1.90M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
63.45
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
3.74M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
62.17
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
3.79M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
64.76
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
7.52M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
20.56
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
1.35M
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
22.41
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
1.09M
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
18.66
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
2.44M
Population growth (annual %)
2024
0.67
Population, female
2024
6.01M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.69
Population, male
2024
5.85M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.31
Population, total
2024
11.86M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
17.40
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
15.10
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
13.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
15.00
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.40
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.00
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.30
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.60
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
41.33
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
93.00
Rural population
2024
1.47M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
12.39
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
0.17
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
18.36
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
10.69
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
26.25
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
92.37
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
87.65
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
9.43
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
4.25
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
14.83
UHC service coverage index
2023
86.00
Urban population
2024
10.39M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
87.61
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.74
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
0.98
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
0.62
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
1.30
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
49.78
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
58.95
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
5.91
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (31)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
-6.16
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
-41.36B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
20.39
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
535.74B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
562.55B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.72
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
88.73
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.41
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.90
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.05
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.18
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.12
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
9.36
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.90
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
514.39B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
555.30B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.50
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
84.63
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
8.31
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.36
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.86
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.74
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.56
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.52
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
14.00
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.36
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
156.42
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
10.11B
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.