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Belgium

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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

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.

Location on a map: [50°83′N, 4°0′E]

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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
Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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

Cities in Belgium

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Belgium

Evolution of historical forest area in Belgium

Distribution of sites in Belgium by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Belgium

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Belgium

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Belgium

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Belgium

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Belgium

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Belgium

Evolution of historical land area in Belgium

Evolution of historical median age in Belgium

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Belgium

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Belgium

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Belgium

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Belgium

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Belgium

Geographical distribution of sites in Belgium by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Belgium

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Evolution of historical population in Belgium

Relationship between urban land area and population in Belgium

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

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Belgium

Evolution of historical urban land area in Belgium

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Belgium

Evolution of historical urban population in Belgium

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

Relationship between population and date in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Belgium

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Belgium

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Belgium

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Belgium

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Belgium

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Belgium

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Belgium

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Belgium

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Belgium

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Belgium

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Belgium

Sites in Belgium

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Belgium

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Belgium

Proportion of transboundary sites in Belgium

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Belgium by mean width

Wildfires in Belgium

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Belgium

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 24,000 people
Democracy score: 7.78
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Individuals using the internet: 94.63 % of population
Military expenditure: 1.18 % of GDP
Net migration: 23,999 people
Press freedom: 6.48
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 42.67 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Belgium

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belgium

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Belgium

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Belgium

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Belgium

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Belgium

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Belgium

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Belgium

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Belgium

Evolution of historical net migration in Belgium

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

Political parties in Belgium

Distribution of politicians from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Belgium

Politicians from 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

Shops in Belgium

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Belgium

Companies from Belgium

Proportion of employee types in companies from Belgium

Distribution of companies founded in Belgium by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Belgium

Evolution of historical central government debt in Belgium

Evolution of historical expense in Belgium

Evolution of historical GDP in Belgium

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belgium

Evolution of historical inflation in Belgium

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Belgium

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Belgium

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Belgium

Evolution of historical unemployment in Belgium

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Belgium

Exchanges in Belgium

Proportion of shops per country 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

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Belgium

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Belgium

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Belgium

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Belgium

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Belgium

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Belgium

Evolution of historical death rate in Belgium

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Belgium

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

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Belgium

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Belgium

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Belgium

Diseases 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 cases and deaths in Belgium

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Belgium

Athletes from Belgium

Proportion of competitions per city in Belgium

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Belgium

Distribution of artists from Belgium by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Belgium

Geographical distribution of museums in Belgium by visitors

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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