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Belgium Statistics and Information

Belgium Statistics, Information and data, Economy, population, Trade and Finance, Average Belgium wages, GDP Annual Growth Rate in Belgium averaged 2.25%

Belgium Statistics and Information
Belgium Statistics and Information
  • Largest city: Brussels
  • Capital city: Brussels
  • Major language: Dutch, French, German
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Currency: € Euro
  • Country Size: 30,280 sq km
  • Royaume de Belgique
  • Belgium
  • Belgique
  • Koninkrijk Belgie
  • Kingdom of Belgium
  • Belgie
  • GDP Per capita: 46 701 US$ (2016)
  • Tax on personal income: 12.6 % (2015)
  • Gross domestic spending on R&D: 2.5% of GDP
  • Unemployment: 7.8 % of labour force (2016)
  • CO2 emissions: 7.8 tonnes per capita
  • Government debt: 127.6 % of GDP (2016)
  • Household debt: 114.5 % of disposable income
  • General government spending: 53.9% of GDP (2015)
  • Government reserves: 11 731.6 SDR millions (2014)
  • Tax on corporate profits: 3.4% of GDP (2015)
  • Tax revenue: $17 899 (2015)
  • Tax wedge: 54.0 Total (2016)

Belgium’s GDP expanded by 0.6% on quarter in the first quarter of 2017

  • Internet access: 81.8 % (2015)
  • Wireless mobile broadband subscriptions: 68.3% (2016)
  • Crude oil production: 0.0 (2015)
  • Infrastructure investment: 127 000 000.00 Euros (2015)
  • Passenger transport: 131 348.0 Million passenger-kilometres (2013)
  • Primary energy supply: 0.12 Toe/1 000 US dollars (2015)
  • Road accidents: 65 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants (2015)

GDP Annual Growth Rate in Belgium averaged 2.25% from 1981 until 2017.Average wages are obtained by dividing the national-accounts-based total wage bill by the average number of employees in the total economy. Records year: 2016.

According to the econometric models, the population of Belgium is set to project to around 11.40 Million in 2020 however by 2060, it should reach 13.1 million.

The predictions include a significant increase in the total number of households in Belgium.

As the number of single-parent families continues to rise, by as much as 23.5% by 2060.

Predication of The Belgium Labour from 2017 to 202

BELGIUM LABOURLASTQ3/17Q4/17Q1/18Q2/182020
Unemployment Rate6.86.56.46.36.25.5
Employed Persons397939863985398839883990
Unemployed Persons336031352695349187349226348886349160
Labor Force Participation Rate68.467.7468.0767.8567.7567.86
Long Term Unemployment Rate3.73.573.523.53.483.4
Youth Unemployment Rate21.521.121.0621.0721.0721.07
Labour Costs108108108108108108
Job Vacancies123689128417130865136879139724155087
Minimum Wages153215381532154315451585
Wage Growth1.70.780.880.921.151.1
Population11.3111.3311.3311.3911.3911.5
Retirement Age Women656565656565
Retirement Age Men606060606060
Employment Change0.20.30.40.40.40.4
Employment Rate63.463.0763.463.3563.3563.49
Full Time Employment346834703476347534753476
Productivity93.8100100100100100
Wages High Skilled302030893090309130913092
Wages In Manufacturing123105123105123123
Wages Low Skilled185018641865186518651865
Part Time Employment115911501176117211761234
Living Wage Family134213471347134713471347
Living Wage Individual112411351135113511351135

Belgium Statistics and Information