Country comparison Belgium vs South Africa

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q212,760Kchart1,426K2023Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2023€584,699Mchart€349,292M2023Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2023$632,217Mchart$377,782M2023Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2023€49,720chart€5,7642023GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2023$53,433chart$6,2342023GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q2€150,981Mchart€86,439M2023Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2023614,933chart273,3852022Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]2023664,927chart288,1142022Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023105.20%chart71.12%2022Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€51,972chart€4,5112022Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$56,197chart$4,7542022Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-25,965chart-18,1372022Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-28,076chart-19,1142022Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.40%chart-4.72%2022Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023319,140.5chart124,797.02022Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023345,086.6chart131,520.82022Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202131,550.6chart23,067.32023Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202138,190.6chart24,917.62023Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.32%chart6.60%2023Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202244,790,723,000.0chart14,519,101,884.82021Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202247,164,631,319.0chart20,932.62021Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202115.46%chart15.29%2021Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20226,538.3chart2,844.12022Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20226,885.1chart2,998.62022Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.23%chart2.25%2022Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202354.60%chart32.47%2022Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€26,973chart€2,0592022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$29,165chart$2,1702022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€2,723chart€3812023Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$3,220chart$4122023Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€3,848chart€2422021Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$4,052chart$3522021Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€560chart€472022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$588chart$492022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]04/28/2023Aa3Ba204/01/2022Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AABB-03/08/2023S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-BB-11/20/2020Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202273chart432022Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922ºchart60º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]201829.7chart72.92018Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]2022120ºchart14º2022RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]201825ºchart58º2018Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]August 20245.4%chart32.7%December 2022Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q25.3%chart32.6%2024Q1Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2024Q2284Kchart8,238K2024Q1Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2024$2,246.9chart$248.12022NMW [+]
NMW [+]2024€2,070.5chart€224.72022NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]2023$64,105
Average Wage [+]2023€59,285
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715ºchart87º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
19.104110/11/2024Euro / South African rands [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]10/11/20240.9142chart17.456510/11/2024US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]10/11/20242.88%
Risk Premium [+]10/11/202461
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]10/11/202415.52%chart16.51%10/11/2024Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]September 20243.1%chart7.3%February 2023CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]September 20244.5%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 2024-2.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/18/20243.65%chart8.00%09/20/2024Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202046ºchart84º2020Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]April 20243.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022366,333chart363,696December 2022Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202236.75chart8.74December 2022Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]2022276,554chart555,8892022Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021591.19chart173.412020Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202244.8%chart27.0%2021Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%chart15.00%01/01/2019Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202260.2%chart45.0%2020Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20199,343,324chart10,228,5932019Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2023€522,482.2Mchart€102,520.4M2023Exports [+]
Exports [+]2023$562,439.0Mchart$110,855.3M2023Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202389.36%chart29.35%2023Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2023€506,969.1Mchart€120,916.5M2023Imports [+]
Imports [+]2023$546,764.8Mchart$130,747.0M2023Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202386.71%chart34.62%2023Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2023€15,513.1Mchart€-18,396.1M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2023$15,674.2Mchart$-19,891.7M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]20232.65%chart-5.27%2023Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2023-6.2%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524ºchart78º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]2023388chart502022Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202320ºchart130º2023Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20221.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,273.0chart898.12017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]202017.36%chart4.80%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]20205.00%chart1.53%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20239.40‰chart19.31‰2022Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,021.6chart2,588.72017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]20239.40‰chart12.03‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20221.53chart2.342022Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20224.20‰
% risk of poverty [+]202312.3%chart55.5%2014% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202311,832,049chart60,604,0002022Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20202,005,479chart2,860,4952020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]2020577,463chart914,9012020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20210.937chart0.7132021HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202310ºchart20º2023Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202382.50chart61.482022Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20211,674chart3142018Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]202114.28chart0.502018Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]2021125chart27,2722022Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.08chart45.532022Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20227.72chart6.752022CO2 Tons per capita [+]
12023Annual crude oil production [+]
15.02021Crude Oil Reserves [+]
Consumption GWh [+]202279,972chart200,5652022Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202290,893chart229,4862022Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202434,339chart102,59508/04/2024COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20244,872,829chart4,072,76508/04/2024COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]02/11/20249,170,945chart21,038,79709/24/2023Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20242,902.20chart1,692.8808/04/2024COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]02/11/202431,469,387chart41,798,81209/24/2023Doses administered [+]