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Country comparison Belgium vs Euro zone

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2021Q110,304€chart8,513€2021Q1Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2020451,177M.€chart11,328,794M.€2020Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2020513,087M.$chart13,356,064M.$2019Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]202039,110€chart33,060€2020GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]202044,529$chart38,985$2019GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2021Q1118,721M.€chart2,916,392M.€2021Q1Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2020514,965chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt (M.$.) [+]2020588,193chart11,050,5432012Debt (M.$.) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2020114.10%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]202044,694€chart25,586€2012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]202051,050$chart32,873$2012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2020-42,318chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]2020-48,336chart-453,1272012Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2020-9.40%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020270,569.3chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]2020309,044.3chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201628,149.6
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]201631,150.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201612.33%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201937,205.5
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]201941,651.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201715.31%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20194,447.4chart165,792.92019Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]20194,977.8chart185,497.02019Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20191.79%chart2.95%2019Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202060.00%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]202023,483€chart14,313€2013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]202026,822$chart18,792$2013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]20162,485€
Education Expenditure P.C [+]20162,754$
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]20193,248€
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]20193,636$
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2019387€chart485€2019Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2019435$chart541$2019Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]10/11/2019Aa3
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AA
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-
Corruption Index [+]202076
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922º
Fragile States Index [+]201829.7
RTI Raking [+]09/28/2018111º
Innovation Ranking [+]201825º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]April 20215.3%chart8.0%April 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2020Q45.8%
Unemployed [+]2020Q4294 m.
NMW [+]20211,994.9 $
NMW [+]20211,625.7 €
Average Wage [+]202047,720€
Average Wage [+]202054,506$
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]06/18/20210.8405chart0.840506/18/2021US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]06/18/20210.14%
Risk Premium [+]06/18/202134
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]06/18/202114.26%chart14.94%06/18/2021Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]May 20211.5%
HICP [+]May 20212.5%chart2.0%May 2021HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]April 202113.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]10/17/20170%chart0%10/17/2017Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]201945º
IPI Year on Year [+]April 202128.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]April 2021455,208
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]April 202147.21
Motor vehicle production [+]2020267,460
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015568.13
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202060.2%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20199,343,324chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2020367,546.5 M.€
Exports [+]2020419,340.1 M.$
Exports % GDP [+]202081.46%
Imports [+]2020346,849.2 M.€
Imports [+]2020394,637.2 M.$
Imports % GDP [+]202076.88%
Trade balance [+]202020,697.3 M.€
Trade balance [+]202024,702.9 M.$
Trade balance % GDP [+]20204.59%
Retail Sales YoY [+]April 202118.7%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524º
Density [+]2020377chart1242019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202017º
Crude divorce rate [+]20192.00‰
Remittance received (M.$) [+]201710,273.0
% Immigrant [+]201917.20%
% Emigrant [+]20195.05%
Birth Rate [+]201910.10‰chart9.27‰2018Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]20176,021.6
Crude death rate [+]20199.50‰chart10.19‰2018Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20191.58chart1.532018Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20193.90‰
% risk of poverty [+]201615.5%chart17.2%2015% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202011,522,000chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20191,981,919
Emigrant stock [+]2019581,740
HDI [+]20190.931
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202027º
Life expectancy [+]202080.90chart82.062018Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20181,820
Suicide rate [+]201815.77
Number of homicides [+]2017193
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20171.69
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20199.03
Consumption GWh [+]201982,051
Generation GWh [+]201987,580
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]06/17/202125,117
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]06/17/20211,078,251
Fully vaccinated [+]06/18/20213,327,377
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]06/17/20212,179.92
Doses administered [+]06/18/20219,238,835
Belgium
Euro zone
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,759,788 km2
  • Currency: Euros