International Rankings of Belgium 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Belgium, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Belgium, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	39.45	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	34	4.591 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	33	88.66 %	2018
Internet users - total	52	10.259 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	33.78	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	37	3.930 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	139	98.92	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	81	11.510 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	19	258.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	18	253.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	42	64.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	35	75	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	30	92.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	26	533.028 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	14	85.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	35	23.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	145	51.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	168	84.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	61	23.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	42	1.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	108	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	33	77.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	68	28.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	17	3.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	83	0.2 %	2017
Labor force	89	4.122 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	135	1.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	18.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	18	80.1 %	2013
Population below poverty line	116	14.8	2018
Public debt	5	103.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	35	596.414 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	19	51934 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	15	51.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	36	134.700 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2017
Crude oil - imports	17	687600	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	37	82.160 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	26	8.465 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	62	35	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	68	1	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	2	28	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	7	36	2017
Electricity - imports	16	14.650 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	42	21.560 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	37	79.830 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	41	17.610 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	41	736.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	18	18.090 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	32	648600	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	13	680800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	15	601400 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	26	731700 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	39	96.89 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	102	7.78 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	141	12.88 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	75	44.1	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.2	2018
Land use - forest	114	22.4	2018
Land use - other	68	33.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	16.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.02 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	121	18.300 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	144	45.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	29	3.210 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	62	739.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	145	0.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	3	98.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	48	4.708 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	29	1.615 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	15	34.3 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	139	30278 sq km	0
Area - total	139	30528 sq km	0
Area - water	99	250140 sq km	0
Coastline	153	66.5 km	0
Elevation - highest point	145	694 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	123	181 meters	0
Irrigated land	121	230 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	108	1297 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	75	44.1	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.2	2018
Land use - forest	114	22.4	2018
Land use - other	68	33.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	16.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	120	18.300 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	164	11.2 %	2145
Age structure - 25-54 years	120	39.23 %	8450
Age structure - 55-64 years	42	13.14 %	5454
Birth rate	160	11.03 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	39	66.7 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	14	10.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	37	9.71 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	18	30.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	112	3.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	71	57 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	127	26.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	16	6.4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	18	5.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	195	2.78 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	193	3.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	194	3.24 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	24	84.4 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	28	79.02 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	28	81.65 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	110	5	2017
Median age - female	36	42.8 years	2020
Median age - male	27	40.4 years	0
Median age - total	30	41.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	14	29.2	2019
Net migration rate	23	4.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	63	22.1 %	2016
Physicians density	40	3.07 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	79	11.779 million	2021
Population growth rate	115	0.59 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	1	21 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	19 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	2	20 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	106	1.77 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	92	12.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	65	16	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	80	14.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	146	0.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	3	98.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	85	41	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	9	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	21	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	52	26	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	27	8	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	82	15	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	53	15	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	123	1.285 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	40	13.639 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	44	117	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	54	3592 km	2014
Roadways - paved	22	118414 km	1747
Roadways - total	34	118414 km	2015
Waterways	39	2043 km	1528

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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