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Belgium

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Key facts

  • currency: Euro
  • capital city: Brussels
  • region: Western Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 30,280 km²
  • population: 11,822,592 people
  • political leader: Sophie Wilmès (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [50°83′N, 4°0′E]

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Summary

Belgium is a country. The capital city is Brussels, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 30,280 km², a population of 11,822,592 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Sophie Wilmès.

Environment

Belgium is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Western Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 13,656.70 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 15.11 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 90.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 6.11 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 32.81 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.46 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 37.53 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.30 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 20.34 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 80.09 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.53 births per woman
  • Forest area: 6,893 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 75.87 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 114.00 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 37.30
  • Methane emissions: 12.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 8.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 5,978,050 people
  • Male population: 5,844,542 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 11.70 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 22,780.52 km²
  • Rural population: 214,107 people
  • Urban land area: 7,730.88 km²
  • Urban population: 11,608,485 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.23 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Belgium by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Belgium

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Belgium

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Belgium

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Belgium

Belgium relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Belgium relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Belgium

Belgium relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Belgium

Belgium relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belgium

Belgium relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Belgium relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Belgium relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Belgium

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Belgium

Evolution of historical land area in Belgium

Evolution of historical median age in Belgium

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Belgium

Belgium relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Belgium relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Belgium relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Belgium relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Belgium relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Belgium relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Belgium

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Belgium relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Belgium relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Belgium relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Belgium

Belgium relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Belgium

Evolution of historical male population in Belgium

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Belgium

Evolution of historical rural land area in Belgium

Evolution of historical rural population in Belgium

Belgium relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Belgium

Belgium relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Belgium

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Belgium

Belgium relationship between date and population over time

Belgium relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Belgium

Belgium relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Belgium relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Belgium

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Belgium

Belgium relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Belgium relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Belgium relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Belgium relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Belgium relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Belgium

Belgium relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Belgium relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Belgium relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Belgium relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Belgium relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Belgium relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Belgium

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Belgium

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Belgium

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Belgium

Distribution of sites in Belgium by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Belgium by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Belgium

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Belgium by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Belgium

Cities in Belgium

Sites in Belgium

Wildfires in Belgium

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Business

  • Central government debt: 94.04 % of GDP
  • Expense: 27.01 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 632,216,577,075.11 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.05 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 15.06 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 22.26 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 5.51 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 11.40 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Belgium by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Belgium

Evolution of historical expense in Belgium

Evolution of historical GDP in Belgium

Belgium relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Belgium

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Belgium

Belgium relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Belgium

Evolution of historical unemployment in Belgium

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Belgium

Proportion of shops per country in Belgium

Companies from Belgium

Exchanges in Belgium

Shops in Belgium

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Health

  • Birth rate: 9.80 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 10.00 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 5,680.23 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 11.04 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 5.48 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 82
  • Suicide mortality rate: 18.30 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Belgium

Belgium relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Belgium relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Belgium relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Belgium relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Belgium relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Belgium

Belgium relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Belgium

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Belgium

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Belgium

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Belgium

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Belgium

Belgium relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Belgium relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Belgium

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Belgium

Proportion of diseases in Belgium by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Belgium by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Belgium

Evolution of historical deaths in Belgium

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Belgium

Diseases in Belgium

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 24,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.78
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.18 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 42.67 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Belgium

Belgium relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Belgium relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Belgium

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Belgium

Distribution of politicians from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Belgium

Political parties in Belgium

Politicians from Belgium

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Belgium

Proportion of competitions per city in Belgium

Proportion of competitions per country in Belgium

Distribution of competitions in Belgium by start date

Proportion of medals won by Belgium in the Olympics

Athletes from Belgium

Competitions in Belgium

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Belgium

Geographical distribution of museums in Belgium by visitors

Artists from Belgium

Museums in Belgium

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Belgium by total students

Distribution of universities in Belgium per foundation year

Universities in Belgium

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In literature

There are 259 books written about Belgium in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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