Belgium
Factsheet with the latest official statistics, prepared on 14 November 2026 from publication 29 of PiSpace Open Data.
Population
11,941,781 people
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$60,750 per person
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 years
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
6.2%
HICP inflation
3.0%
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population and ageing | |||
| Population on 1 January | 11,883,495 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Population by age and sex | 11,883,495 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crude birth rate | 9.2 per 1,000 peoplep (Provisional) per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Migration and citizenship | |||
| Immigration | 162,926 immigrants immigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Emigration | 100,100 emigrants emigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Acquisitions of citizenship | 60,108 people people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Employment and occupations | |||
| Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 | 17.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Long-term unemployment rate | 2.0% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 | 72.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Wages and labour costs | |||
| Median equivalised net income | €31,299 per year per year | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Unadjusted gender pay gap | 0.7%p (Provisional) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Hourly labour cost | €48.2 per hour per hour | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Economy and productivity | |||
| GDP per capita in euro | €53,840 per personp (Provisional) per person | 2025 | Eurostat |
| GDP per capita in PPS | 116 (EU = 100)p (Provisional) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP growth | 0.9%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Prices and purchasing power | |||
| HICP price index | 135.49 (2015 = 100) (2015 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Monthly HICP inflation | 5.2%e (Estimated) | October 2026 | Eurostat |
| Consumer price level index | 119 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Housing and households | |||
| House price change | 3.2% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Housing cost overburden rate | 6.7% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 6.6% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Education and skills | |||
| NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 | 9.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 | 52.7% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Early leavers from education and training | 7.3% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Health and healthcare | |||
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.4 years years | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Infant mortality rate | 3.5 per 1,000 live births per 1,000 live births | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Hospital beds | 534 per 100,000 peopled (Definition differs) per 100,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Internet and digital society | |||
| Households with internet access | 94.7% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Internet use in the last three months | 96.5% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Daily internet use | 93.5% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Business and industry | |||
| Industrial production | 90.4 (2021 = 100) (2021 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Enterprise birth rate | 8.0% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Monthly industrial production | -7.1% | August 2026 | Eurostat |
| Trade and investment | |||
| Exports share of GDP | 76.0%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Imports share of GDP | 76.5%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Current account balance, quarterly | 1.0% | Q2 2026 | Eurostat |
| Tourism and accommodation | |||
| Nights spent in tourist accommodation | 46,136,112 nights nights | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Arrivals at tourist accommodation | 19,637,571 arrivals arrivals | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Bed-place occupancy rate in hotels | 42.0% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Transport and mobility | |||
| Car share of passenger transport | 79.5%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Car ownership | 513 per 1,000 peoplep (Provisional) per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Road traffic deaths | 4.0 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Energy and electricity | |||
| Renewable energy share | 14.9%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Renewable electricity share | 34.3%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Energy import dependency | 75.4% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Climate and emissions | |||
| Greenhouse gas emissions per person | 8.3 t CO2e per person t CO2e per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Total greenhouse gas emissions | 98.0 Mt CO2e Mt CO2e | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Temperature change | 2.19 °Ce (Estimate) °C | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Air quality and ecosystems | |||
| PM2.5 air pollution | 9.6 µg/m³ µg/m³ | 2023 | WHO |
| Forest area | 22.0% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Protected areas | 18.6% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Water, sanitation and waste | |||
| Municipal waste generated per person | 699 kg per person kg per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Recycling rate of municipal waste | 56.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Total waste generated per person | 5,909 kg per person kg per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Agriculture, food and fisheries | |||
| Area under organic farming | 7.4% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Cost of a healthy diet | Int$3.12 per person per daye (Estimate) per person per day | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Healthy diet unaffordable | 0.9%e (Estimate) | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Poverty and social protection | |||
| At-risk-of-poverty rate | 10.9% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Poverty or social exclusion rate | 16.5% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 23.4 (0 to 100) (0 to 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government finance and taxation | |||
| Government debt | 108.1% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government deficit or surplus | -5.2% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government spending | 54.4%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Science and innovation | |||
| R&D spending share of GDP | 3.34%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Researchers as a share of the labour force | 1.52%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| European patent applications | 214.4 per million peoplep (Provisional) per million people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crime, justice and public safety | |||
| Intentional homicides | 1.40 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Crime or vandalism in the area | 12.4% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Robberies recorded by the police | 116.3 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Culture, society and wellbeing | |||
| Cultural employment | 4.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Average life satisfaction | 7.6 out of 10 out of 10 | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Women in national parliament | 41.3% | 2025 | World Bank |
Sources and licences
- Source: ECB statistics Licence: ESCB statistics reuse policy.
- Source: Eurostat Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution).
- Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms).
- Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates) Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: OECD Data Explorer Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024 Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata).
- Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms).
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