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
   11 of 144
   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
    21 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    88%
    19 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.4
    108 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    20%
    16 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    2.3%
    66 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    3.3%
    5 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    5,990
    8 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    18K
    24 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    20%
    20 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    26.8
    108 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    18%
    52 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.79
    10 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    69
    17 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    11.7
    131 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.951
    9 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
25. refugees hosted
    184K
    31 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
26. refugees produced
    93
    122 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data