Country comparison Belgium vs Israel 2023

Belgium			Israel
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2023Q2	12,150K	12,575K	2023Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2022	€549,456M	€499,026M	2022	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2022	$582,210M	$522,033M	2022	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2022	€46,990	€53,275	2022	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2022	$50,114	$55,731	2022	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2023Q2	€142,816M	€117,795M	2023Q2	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]	2022	577,640	255,846	2020	Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]	2022	608,255	291,992	2020	Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2022	105.10%	70.65%	2020	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2022	€49,144	€27,767	2020	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2022	$51,749	$31,690	2020	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2022	-21,345	-38,953	2020	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]	2022	-22,476	-44,456	2020	Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2022	-3.90%	-10.76%	2020	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2022	294,217.9	161,990.6	2020	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]	2022	309,811.4	184,877.0	2020	Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2018	29,357.5	19,487.8	2018	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]	2018	34,685.7	23,024.7	2018	Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2018	12.22%	15.52%	2018	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2022	46,064,855,000.0	25,254,086,009.3	2022	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]	2022	48,506,292,315.0	5,681,359,587.6	2000	Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2017	15.31%	11.93%	2017	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2021	5,436.3	21,347.0	2021	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]	2021	6,431.3	25,264.8	2021	Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2021	1.91%	12.14%	2021	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2022	53.50%	44.74%	2020	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2022	€25,031	€17,581	2020	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2022	$26,358	$20,065	2020	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2018	€2,569	€2,195	2018	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2018	$3,043	$2,593	2018	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2022	€3,965	€2,642	2022	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2022	$4,175	$2,001	2017	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2021	€469	€2,279	2021	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2021	$557	$2,697	2021	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	04/28/2023	Aa3	A1	04/14/2023	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	11/25/2011	AA	AA-	08/03/2018	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/03/2020	AA-	A+	04/23/2020	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2022	73	63	2022	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2019	22º	20º	2019	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2018	29.7	78.5	2018	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	09/28/2018	111º	71º	09/28/2018	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2018	25º	11º	2018	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	July 2023	5.5%
Unemployment rate [+]	2023Q2	5.4%	4.2%	2022Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2023Q2	285K	46K	2022Q4	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2023	$2,085.3	$1,577.6	2022	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2023	€1,955.0	€1,528.8	2022	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2022	$58,264	$35,496	2015	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2022	€55,332	€48,835	2022	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2017	15º	18º	2017	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			4.0534	09/22/2023	Euro / Israeli Shekel [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	09/22/2023	0.9392	3.8160	09/22/2023	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/22/2023	3.37%
Risk Premium [+]	09/22/2023	64
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/22/2023	-1.69%	3.53%	09/21/2023	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2023	4.1%	4.1%	August 2023	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	August 2023	2.4%
PPI Year on Year [+]	July 2023	-12.8%
Money Market
Key rates [+]	09/20/2023	4.50%	4.75%	05/25/2023	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2020	46º	35º	2020	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2023	-4.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	December 2022	366,333	202,366	December 2020	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	December 2022	36.72	24.54	December 2020	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2022	276,554
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2021	591.19	384.26	2020	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]	2021	45.3%	32.2%	2021	Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	21.00%	17.00%	01/01/2015	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2022	60.2%	50.0%	2022	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]	2019	9,343,324	4,551,568	2019	Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]	2022	€604,126.0M	€50,248.7M	2021	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2022	$636,144.7M	$59,429.1M	2021	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2022	109.95%	12.17%	2021	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2022	€592,913.7M	€76,244.5M	2021	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2022	$624,338.1M	$90,174.3M	2021	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2022	107.91%	18.47%	2021	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2022	€11,212.4M	€-25,995.8M	2021	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2022	$11,806.6M	$-30,745.3M	2021	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2022	2.04%	-6.30%	2021	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	July 2023	-5.8%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]	2015	24º	18º	2015	Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]	2022	385	424	2021	Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2022	22º	134º	2022	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]	2021	1.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]	2017	10,273.0	990.4	2017	Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2020	17.36%	21.20%	2020	% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2020	5.00%	3.89%	2020	% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2022	9.80‰	19.70‰	2021	Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]	2017	6,021.6	2,926.4	2017	Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2022	10.00‰	5.40‰	2021	Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2021	1.60	3.00	2021	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2021	3.50‰
% risk of poverty [+]	2022	13.2%
Population [+]	2022	11,754,004	9,367,000	2021	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2020	2,005,479	1,953,575	2020	Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2020	577,463	358,691	2020	Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]	2021	0.937	0.919	2021	HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2022	14º	60º	2022	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2022	81.80	82.50	2021	Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]	2020	1,764	437	2020	Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]	2020	15.13	4.70	2020	Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2021	125	173	2021	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2021	1.08	1.94	2021	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2021	8.22	6.74	2021	CO2 Tons per capita [+]
			4	2022	Annual crude oil production [+]
			12.7	2021	Crude Oil Reserves [+]
Consumption GWh [+]	2021	83,413	63,358	2021	Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]	2021	94,864	73,081	2021	Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]	09/21/2023	34,339	12,670	09/21/2023	COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]	09/21/2023	4,812,396	4,837,411	09/21/2023	COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]	09/17/2023	9,168,769	6,159,825	05/04/2023	Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]	09/21/2023	2,921.47	1,352.62	09/21/2023	COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]	09/17/2023	29,636,742	18,649,248	05/04/2023	Doses administered [+]

Belgium

Capital: Brussels
Population: 11,754,004
Surface Area: 30,530 km2
Currency: Euros
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

Israel

Capital: Jerusalem
Population: 9,367,000
Surface Area: 22,070 km2
Currency: Israeli Shekel (1 EUR=4.0534 ILS)
Religion: Mostly Judaism
Belongs to: IMF, OECD, UN