Country comparison Belgium vs Ireland

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q412,304Kchart24,945K2023Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2023€582,583Mchart€504,620M2023Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2022$579,059Mchart$533,559M2022Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2023€49,540chart€95,2902023GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2022$49,843chart$103,3112022GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€147,212Mchart€123,309M2023Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2022578,063chart224,7612022Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]2022608,761chart236,8642022Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2022104.30%chart44.40%2022Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€49,180chart€43,2702022Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$51,792chart$45,6002022Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-21,345chart8,5042022Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-22,495chart8,4652022Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-3.90%chart1.70%2022Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022294,217.9chart107,576.12022Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022310,069.6chart113,264.42022Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201829,357.5chart11,109.72018Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]201834,685.7chart13,125.92018Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201812.22%chart13.32%2018Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202246,064,855,000.0chart23,602,546,000.02022Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202248,506,292,315.0chart24,853,480,938.02022Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201715.31%chart20.04%2017Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20226,536.3chart1,139.72022Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20226,831.4chart1,201.12022Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.23%chart1.03%2022Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202253.50%chart21.20%2022Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€25,031chart€20,7102022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$26,380chart$21,8052022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€2,569chart€2,2862018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$3,043chart$2,6872018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€3,965chart€4,6652022Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$4,175chart$4,9122022Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€560chart€2232022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$588chart$2332022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]04/28/2023Aa3Aa304/21/2023Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AAAA05/19/2023S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-AA-01/28/2022Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202273chart772022Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922ºchart24º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]201829.7chart20.72018Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]2022120ºchart48º2022RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]201825ºchart10º2018Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20245.5%chart4.2%February 2024Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q45.5%chart4.2%2023Q4Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2023Q4295Kchart118K2023Q4Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2023$2,088.6chart$2,040.12023NMW [+]
NMW [+]2024€1,994.2chart€2,146.32024NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]2022$58,264chart$57,5452022Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]2022€55,332chart€54,6492022Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715ºchart19º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20240.9181chart0.918103/18/2024US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/18/20242.97%chart2.83%03/18/202410-Year Bond Yield [+]
Risk Premium [+]03/18/202452chart3803/18/2024Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/18/2024-0.83%chart38.34%03/15/2024Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20231.4%chart3.4%February 2024CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]February 20243.6%chart2.3%February 2024HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]December 2023-18.5%chart-21.5%January 2024PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/20/20234.50%chart4.50%09/20/2023Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202046ºchart24º2020Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2024-2.7%chart-34.1%January 2024IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022366,333chart105,364December 2022Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202236.72chart25.32December 2022Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]2022276,554
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021591.19chart538.722021Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202244.8%chart21.5%2022Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%chart23.00%01/01/2012Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202260.2%chart52.0%2022Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20199,343,324chart10,951,0002019Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2023€520,360.3Mchart€193,849.4M2023Exports [+]
Exports [+]2023$527,627.8Mchart$193,587.3M2023Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]2022109.46%chart40.18%2022Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2023€505,614.9Mchart€138,868.8M2023Imports [+]
Imports [+]2023$514,037.6Mchart$134,203.5M2023Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]2022106.26%chart27.69%2022Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2023€14,745.4Mchart€54,980.6M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2023$15,956.6Mchart$64,177.3M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]20223.20%chart12.49%2022Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2023-6.2%chart0.1%December 2023Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524ºchart15º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]2022385chart742022Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202320ºchart2023Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20221.70‰chart0.70‰2017Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,273.0chart607.72017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]202017.36%chart17.40%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]20205.00%chart14.67%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20229.80‰chart11.20‰2022Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,021.6chart2,161.12017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202210.00‰chart6.90‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20221.53chart1.542022Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20224.20‰chart3.30‰2021Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202312.3%chart14.0%2022% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202211,754,004chart5,194,3362022Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20202,005,479chart871,2562020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]2020577,463chart734,3172020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20210.937chart0.9452021HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202310ºchart11º2023Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202281.80chart82.602022Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20211,674chart4492021Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]202114.41chart8.872021Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]2021125chart442022Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.08chart0.882022Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20218.22chart7.112021CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Consumption GWh [+]202183,413chart32,6452021Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202194,864chart33,5962021Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202434,339chart9,52103/05/2024COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20244,859,002chart1,734,02703/05/2024COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]02/11/20249,170,945chart4,065,37801/29/2024Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20242,921.47chart1,832.9603/05/2024COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]02/11/202431,469,387chart11,146,00001/29/2024Doses administered [+]