Country comparison Belgium vs Euro zone

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q413,143Kchart11,223K2024Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€613,984Mchart€15,155,591M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$664,564Mchart$16,404,109M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€51,810chart€43,0402024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$56,271chart$47,8822024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€155,312Mchart€3,844,933M2024Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024642,875chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]2024695,835chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2024104.70%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€54,402chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$58,884chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-27,749chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-30,035chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-4.50%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024334,545.5chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024362,105.4chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202131,425.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202138,190.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.32%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202347,958,537,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202351,857,566,058.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202215.19%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20237,241.6chart235,169.22023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20237,830.1chart254,191.52023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.22%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202454.50%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€28,310chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$30,643chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€2,713
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$3,219
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€4,084
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$4,416
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€615chart€6702023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$667chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]10/11/2024Aa3
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AA
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-
Corruption Index [+]202373
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922º
Fragile States Index [+]202430.3
RTI Raking [+]2024122º
Innovation Ranking [+]202424º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20255.9%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q45.9%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4319K
NMW [+]2025$2,150.5
NMW [+]2025€2,070.0
Average Wage [+]2023$64,105
Average Wage [+]2024€60,841
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/16/20250.8933chart0.893305/16/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]05/16/20253.12%
Risk Premium [+]05/16/202554
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/16/20254.29%chart11.51%05/16/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20252.6%
HICP [+]April 20253.1%chart2.2%April 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]March 20253.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/23/20252.40%chart2.40%04/23/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202046º
IPI Year on Year [+]March 2025-2.2%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2024849,888
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202236.75
Motor vehicle production [+]2023332,103
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021591.19
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202344.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202260.2%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20228,220,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€495,054.0M
Exports [+]2024$535,836.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202480.63%
Imports [+]2024€475,375.8M
Imports [+]2024$514,537.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202477.42%
Trade balance [+]2024€19,678.1M
Trade balance [+]2024$21,299.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20243.20%
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 20251.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524º
Density [+]2023385chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202416º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,273.0
% Immigrant [+]202017.36%
% Emigrant [+]20205.00%
Birth Rate [+]20239.40‰chart8.14‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,021.6
Crude death rate [+]20239.40‰chart10.54‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.47chart1.382023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20234.00‰
% risk of poverty [+]202411.5%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202311,817,096chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20202,005,479
Emigrant stock [+]2020577,463
HDI [+]20220.942
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202412º
Life expectancy [+]202382.50chart82.192023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20221,796
Suicide rate [+]202215.27
Number of homicides [+]2021125
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.08
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.18
Consumption GWh [+]202374,537
Generation GWh [+]202377,337
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202434,339
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20244,872,829
Fully vaccinated [+]02/11/20249,170,945
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20242,905.87
Doses administered [+]02/11/202431,469,387
Belgium
Euro zone
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros