Country comparison Euro zone vs Belgium

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q410,422Kchart12,304K2023Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2023€14,372,465Mchart€582,583M2023Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2022$14,135,994Mchart$579,059M2022Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2023€40,990chart€49,5402023GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2022$41,262chart$49,8432022GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€3,650,362Mchart€147,212M2023Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20128,600,983chart578,0632022Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]201211,050,543chart608,7612022Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]201290.60%chart104.30%2022Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2012€25,586chart€49,1802022Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2012$32,873chart$51,7922022Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2012-352,683chart-21,3452022Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2012-453,127chart-22,4952022Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2012-3.70%chart-3.90%2022Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20134,772,568.1chart294,217.92022Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]20136,338,447.7chart310,069.62022Expenditure ($M) [+]
29,357.52018Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
34,685.72018Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
12.22%2018Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
46,064,855,000.02022Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
48,506,292,315.02022Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
15.31%2017Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022206,310.3chart6,536.32022Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022217,253.7chart6,831.42022Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.08%chart2.23%2022Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]201349.80%chart53.50%2022Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2013€14,313chart€25,0312022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2013$18,792chart$26,3802022Expenditure Per Capita [+]
€2,5692018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
$3,0432018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
€3,9652022Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
$4,1752022Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€599chart€5602022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$634chart$5882022Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Aa304/28/2023Moody's Rating [+]
AA11/25/2011S&P Rating [+]
AA-04/03/2020Fitch Rating [+]
732022Corruption Index [+]
22º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
29.72018Fragile States Index [+]
120º2022RTI Raking [+]
25º2018Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]July 20217.6%chart5.5%January 2024Unemployment Rate [+]
5.5%2023Q4Unemployment rate [+]
295K2023Q4Unemployed [+]
$2,088.62023NMW [+]
€1,994.22024NMW [+]
$58,2642022Average Wage [+]
€55,3322022Average Wage [+]
15º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20240.9181chart0.918103/18/2024US Dollar exchange rate [+]
2.97%03/18/202410-Year Bond Yield [+]
5203/18/2024Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/18/202410.23%chart-0.83%03/18/2024Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
1.4%December 2023CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]February 20242.6%chart3.6%February 2024HICP [+]
-18.5%December 2023PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/20/20234.50%chart4.50%09/20/2023Key rates [+]
Business
46º2020Doing Business [+]
-2.7%January 2024IPI Year on Year [+]
366,333December 2022Passengers vehicles Year [+]
36.72December 2022Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
276,5542022Motor vehicle production [+]
591.192021Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
44.8%2022Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
21.00%01/01/2006Standard VAT [+]
60.2%2022Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2018413,959,200chart9,343,3242019Annual arrivals [+]
€520,360.3M2023Exports [+]
$527,627.8M2023Exports [+]
109.46%2022Exports % GDP [+]
€505,614.9M2023Imports [+]
$514,037.6M2023Imports [+]
106.26%2022Imports % GDP [+]
€14,745.4M2023Trade balance [+]
$15,956.6M2023Trade balance [+]
3.20%2022Trade balance % GDP [+]
-6.2%December 2023Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
24º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]2019124chart3852022Density [+]
20º2023Global Peace Ranking [+]
1.70‰2022Crude divorce rate [+]
10,273.02017Remittance received ($M) [+]
17.36%2020% Immigrant [+]
5.00%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20218.99‰chart9.80‰2022Birth Rate [+]
6,021.62017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202111.05‰chart10.00‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20211.50chart1.532022Fertility Rate [+]
4.20‰2022Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202117.0%chart12.3%2023% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]2019342,597,698chart11,754,0042022Population [+]
2,005,4792020Immigrant stock [+]
577,4632020Emigrant stock [+]
0.9372021HDI [+]
10º2023Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202181.71chart81.802022Life expectancy [+]
1,6742021Suicides [+]
14.412021Suicide rate [+]
1252021Number of homicides [+]
1.082021Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
8.222021CO2 Tons per capita [+]
83,4132021Consumption GWh [+]
94,8642021Generation GWh [+]
Others
34,33903/05/2024COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
4,859,00203/05/2024COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
9,170,94502/11/2024Fully vaccinated [+]
2,921.4703/05/2024COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
31,469,38702/11/2024Doses administered [+]
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,760,484 km2
  • Currency: Euros