Belgium

Metrics

1. population
   12M
   79 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $651B
   23 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $55,291
   14 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $8B
   30 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   1.2%
   98 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   31K km²
   141 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   387 /km²
   12 of 176
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   82.4 yr
   17 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   95%
   23 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    7.3 t
    26 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    88%
    20 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.4
    130 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    20%
    19 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    2.3%
    77 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    3.3%
    7 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    5,990
    9 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    18K
    28 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    20%
    24 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    26.8
    11 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    18%
    109 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.79
    11 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    69
    19 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    11.7
    11 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.951
    9 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
25. refugees hosted
    184K
    36 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
26. refugees produced
    93
    134 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data