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International Rankings of Belgium - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 12 41 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 34 4.734 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 11 92 % 2020
Internet users - total 53 10.621 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 27 31 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 36 3.635 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 76 99 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 81 11.530 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 19 258.600 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 18 253.500 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 36 1 % of GDP 0
Exports 5 414.790 billion US Dollars 2020
GDP (official exchange rate) 25 533.028 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 30 23.4 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 142 51.2 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 161 84.4 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 59 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 137 0.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 103 22.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 30 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 82 0.2 % 2017
Labor force 88 4.122 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 128 1.3 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 73 18.6 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 17 80.1 % 2013
Population below poverty line 111 14.8 2018
Public debt 5 103.4 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 33 557.110 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 19 48200 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 14 51.3 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 75 16.2 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 45 19.9 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 57 18.2 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 45 10.301 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 43 34.472 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 30 83.474 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 47 4.167 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 27 504000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 32 3.467 million metric tons 2020
Coal - production 52 1.105 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 71 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 35 81.171 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - exports 16 14.053 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 17 13.394 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 38 26.929 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 57 3.444 billion kWh 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 22 7.7 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 112 33.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 123 0.3 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 6 38.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 21 5.8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 17 15 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 17 234.216 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 40 18.170 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 31 3.943 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - imports 14 22.610 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 94 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 90 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 70 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 16 666700 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 87 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 29 642300 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 76 11400 bbl/day 2021
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 38 96.89 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 100 7.78 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 138 12.88 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 72 44.1 2018
Land use - arable land 32 27.2 2018
Land use - forest 106 22.4 2018
Land use - other 64 33.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 71 0.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 85 16.1 2018
Revenue from coal 29 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 92 0.02 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 118 18.300 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 140 45.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 28 3.210 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 61 739.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 139 0.38 2025
Urbanization - urban population 3 98.2 2023
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 14 34.3 % 2015
Geography
Area - land 136 30278 sq km 0
Area - total 135 30528 sq km 0
Area - water 96 250140 sq km 0
Coastline 141 66.5 km 0
Elevation - highest point 139 694 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 32 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 121 181 meters 0
Irrigated land 134 57 sq km 2013
Land boundaries - total 106 1297 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 72 44.1 2018
Land use - arable land 32 27.2 2018
Land use - forest 106 22.4 2018
Land use - other 64 33.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 71 0.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 85 16.1 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 156 11.2 2145
Age structure - 25-54 years 113 39.23 8450
Age structure - 55-64 years 38 13.14 5454
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 17 4.35 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 42 0.3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 75 1.09 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 30 9.15 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 15 3.41 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 153 10.95 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 93 1 % 1415
Contraceptive prevalence rate 35 66.7 % 2018
Current health expenditure 11 10.7 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 36 9.64 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 20 30.4 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 117 3.3 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 77 56.5 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 132 26.1 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 104 0 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 99 0 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 61 0 % of population 0
Education expenditures 17 6.7 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 20 5.6 beds/1,000 population 2019
Infant mortality rate - female 190 2.73 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 185 3.63 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 185 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 23 84.59 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 30 79.25 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 26 81.86 years 0
Literacy - female 118 N/A % 0
Literacy - male 103 N/A % 0
Literacy - total population 112 N/A % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 109 5 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 35 42.8 years 2020
Median age - male 26 40.4 years 0
Median age - total 28 41.6 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 20 29.2 2020
Net migration rate 23 4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 60 22.1 % 2016
Physicians density 6 6.08 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 79 11.847 million 2022
Population growth rate 107 0.57 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 112 0 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 114 0 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 92 0 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 3 20 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 2 18 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 3 19 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 18 1.05 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 19 1.02 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 22 0.99 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 32 0.65 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 20 0.97 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 24 21 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 79 25.8 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 47 23.4 % 2020
Total fertility rate 97 1.77 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 140 0.38 2025
Urbanization - urban population 3 98.2 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 75 16.2 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 45 19.9 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 57 18.2 0
Transportation
Airports 85 41 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 42 2 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 29 9 0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 42 1 0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 20 6 0
Airports - with paved runways - total 50 26 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 27 8 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 30 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 58 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 81 15 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 53 15 2021
Heliports 22 1 2021
Merchant marine - total 64 201 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 25 1.285 billion 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 39 13.639 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 43 117 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 21 7 2020
Railways - standard gauge 25 3592 2014
Railways - total 52 3592 km 2014
Roadways - paved 22 118414 km 2015
Roadways - total 35 118414 km 2015
Waterways 42 2043 km 2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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