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Summary Table - belgium

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Summary table: Belgium

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	2001		2011		2021
	Belgium	EU27	Belgium	EU27	Belgium	EU27
Resident population	10,286,570	429,481,944	11,038,264	440,247,483	11,586,195	Pro446,971,390
Resident population as % of EU27 population	2.4	100.0	2.5	100.0	Pro2.6	Pro100.0
Foreigners as % of resident population	8.4	-	10.6	-	12.6	-
Ageing index number of elderly people (aged 65 and over) per 100 young people (aged 0 to 14)	96.3	95.6	101.6	116.0	116.3	-
Median age	39.0	38.4	40.9	41.6	41.8	44.1
Young people (%) individuals aged 0 to 14	17.5	16.7	17.0	15.4	16.7	-
65 or more (%) individuals aged 65 and over	16.9	15.9	17.2	17.9	19.4	-
Working age people per elderly person individuals aged 15 to 64 per each individual aged 65 and over	3.9	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.3	-
Total fertility rate average number of children per woman of childbearing age	1.67	1.43	1.81	1.54	1.60	Pro1.53
Mean age of women at childbearing	28.9	29.0	29.8	30.2	31.0	Pro31.1
Births out of wedlock (%)	30.2	26.8	47.0	37.8	-	-
Infant mortality rate (‰) number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births	4.5	5.8	3.4	3.8	2.9	-
Life expectancy at birth	78.1	-	80.7	80.1	81.9	Pro80.1
Households (thousands)	-	-	4,661.7	184,224.5	5,055.2	196,858.0
Average number of persons per household	-	-	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2
Single person households (%)	-	-	30.8	31.8	35.4	35.9
Rate of early leavers from education and training (%)	13.8	-	12.3	13.2	6.7	9.8
Population, aged 30-34, having tertiary education (%)	35.2	-	42.6	33.4	49.9	41.9
Population having less than upper secondary education (%) individuals aged 25 to 64	40.5	-	28.7	27.0	18.5	20.9
No. of inhabitants per doctor	351	-	343	-	-	-
Beds in hospitals per 100 thousand inhabitants	662	-	605	-	-	-
Social protection expenditure as % of GDP	26.0	-	29.9	28.2	-	-
Employment rate (%) number of employed aged 20 to 64 per 100 individuals of same age group	-	-	67.3	67.1	70.6	73.1
Full-time employment (%)	81.5	-	74.9	81.7	75.4	81.4
Female part-time employment (%)	36.8	-	43.4	30.3	39.8	29.4
Self-employed (%) (2)	13.2	-	13.2	15.4	13.5	13.8
Self-employed persons without upper secondary education (%) (2) ISCED 0-2 maximum	25.0	-	16.1	25.0	9.5	18.1
Employees without upper secondary education (%) ISCED 0-2 maximum	29.4	-	20.2	20.1	12.1	15.7
Employees with fixed-term contract (%)	8.8	-	8.9	15.3	10.3	14.0
Unemployment rate (%) number of unemployed persons aged 15 to 74 per 100 economically active people of the same age group	6.2	-	7.2	9.9	6.3	7.1
Unemployment rate of population with tertiary education (%) number of unemployed persons aged 15 to 74 with ISCED 5-6 per 100 economically active people of the same age group and level of education	3.1	-	3.8	5.8	3.6	4.5
Unemployment rate of population aged 20 to 24 (%) number of unemployed persons aged 20 to 24 per 100 same age economically active people	14.4	-	17.1	20.6	16.5	15.2
Unemployed over 1 year as % of total unemployement	51.7	-	48.3	44.0	41.6	39.2
Inactive population per 100 economically active people	96.5	-	88.0	76.6	83.5	75.3
National minimum wage (€) monthly average	1,129.1	-	1,429.4	-	1,625.7	-
Expenditure in research and development (R&D) as % of GDP	2.0	s1.8	2.2	s2.0	Pro3.2	s2.3
Expenditure in R&D by business enterprise sector as % of total expenditure in R&D	73.0	s64.3	68.7	s63.1	75.4	s65.9
Personnel in R&D FTE - full-time equivalent	55,949	s1,747,667	62,895	s2,256,720	Pro119,466	Pro3,122,332
Total personnel in R&D in enterprises (%)	63.4	s52.6	55.7	s53.7	Pro69.5	Pro60.2
Researchers in R&D per thousand economically active people	7.5	-	8.9	s6.7	14.9	s9.6
Households with Internet access at home (%)	-	-	76.5	71.6	92.3	92.3
Individuals who accessed Internet at least once a week (%) individuals aged 16 to 74	-	-	78.2	65.5	91.4	87.2
Enterprises with website or homepage (%) enterprises with 10 or more personnel	-	-	76.6	67.9	-	77.7
GDP per capita (PPS) (1)	23,800	19,200	30,500	25,700	39,000	32,400
Labour productivity per hour worked (EU27=100) (1)	145.0	100.0	133.9	100.0	Pro136.1	100.0
Gross Public Administration debt as % of GDP	108.2	65.6	103.5	81.8	Pro109.1	88.0
Total Taxes on income	43,317	970,649	57,842	1,271,009	Pro76,973	-
Emigrants remittances as % of GDP	-	-	0.0	-	Pro0.1	0.1
Remittances by immigrants as a % of GDP	-	-	0.1	-	Pro0.5	0.3
Balance of trade as a % of GDP	3.1	0.6	-1.0	0.9	Pro1.1	2.6
Current account as % of GDP	-	-0.4	-1.9	0.6	Pro0.4	2.6
Private final consumption as % of GDP	52.4	55.8	51.5	55.4	Pro48.9	51.0
Public final consumption as % of GDP	21.3	19.7	24.0	21.2	Pro24.0	22.0
Gross fixed capital formation as % of GDP	22.4	22.7	23.0	21.1	24.2	22.5
Share of renewable energy (%) in gross final energy consumption	-	-	6.3	14.5	13.0	21.8
Greenhouse gas emissions (4) CO2eq - Millions	-	-	74	2,296	-	-
Primary energy consumption (5) toe (tonne of oil equivalent) - Millions	52.1	1,434.2	49.5	1,412.1	48.8	1,309.0
Final energy consumption (5) toe (tonne of oil equivalent) - Millions	38.6	1,002.9	35.4	984.6	35.9	967.9
Area under organic farming (%)	1.6	-	4.1	-	7.5	-
Gross value added of agriculture in % of GDP	1.0	-	0.6	1.4	Pro0.5	1.3
Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (reference year=2008) thousands	-	-	77	s3,493	-	-
At risk of poverty threshold (PPS) (1)	8,782	-	10,895	-	13,617	-
At risk of poverty rate before social transfers (%)	38.0	-	42.0	s44.2	44.4	45.2
At risk of poverty rate after social transfers (%)	13.0	-	15.3	s16.9	12.7	16.8
Gini index (%)	28.0	-	26.3	30.5	24.1	30.2
Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area (%)	-	-	15.6	s13.2	-	-
Resident tourists as % of resident population (3)	41.5	-	48.0	50.8	40.4	-
Nights spent by non-resident tourists in collective tourist accommodations (%)	53.6	-	53.3	s44.0	26.9	-
Resident tourists traveling abroad as % of the resident tourists (3)	76.0	-	80.2	30.9	68.3	21.8
Average number of passengers per commercial air flight	-	-	88.6	103.9	110.9	103.5
Speed limits on motorways km/h	-	-	120	-	120	-

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Notes

The Summary-table shows no methodological changes (marked by breaks in series) in the data
More information about these figures is available by clicking on each indicator.

(1) - PPS – Purchasing power standards.

(2) - The figures presented include self-employed as employers and self-employed without employees.

(3) - Trips with at least four night's duration will be accounted for. Business travel is excluded.

(4) - National targets refer to the Effort Sharing Decision (406/2009/EC). The target defines the maximum emission limit.

(5) - Energy Efficiency Indicators. The target is not to exceed the limit defined.

European figures

Summary table: Belgium

Resident population

Resident population as % of EU27 population

Foreigners as % of resident population

Ageing index

Median age

Young people (%)

65 or more (%)

Working age people per elderly person

Total fertility rate

Mean age of women at childbearing

Births out of wedlock (%)

Infant mortality rate (‰)

Life expectancy at birth

Households (thousands)

Average number of persons per household

Single person households (%)

Rate of early leavers from education and training (%)

Population, aged 30-34, having tertiary education (%)

Population having less than upper secondary education (%)

No. of inhabitants per doctor

Beds in hospitals per 100 thousand inhabitants

Social protection expenditure as % of GDP

Employment rate (%)

Full-time employment (%)

Female part-time employment (%)

Self-employed (%)

Self-employed persons without upper secondary education (%)

Employees without upper secondary education (%)

Employees with fixed-term contract (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Unemployment rate of population with tertiary education (%)

Unemployment rate of population aged 20 to 24 (%)

Unemployed over 1 year as % of total unemployement

Inactive population per 100 economically active people

National minimum wage (€)

Expenditure in research and development (R&D) as % of GDP

Expenditure in R&D by business enterprise sector as % of total expenditure in R&D

Personnel in R&D

Total personnel in R&D in enterprises (%)

Researchers in R&D per thousand economically active people

Households with Internet access at home (%)

Individuals who accessed Internet at least once a week (%)

Enterprises with website or homepage (%)

GDP per capita (PPS)

Labour productivity per hour worked (EU27=100)

Gross Public Administration debt as % of GDP

Total Taxes on income

Emigrants remittances as % of GDP

Remittances by immigrants as a % of GDP

Balance of trade as a % of GDP

Current account as % of GDP

Private final consumption as % of GDP

Public final consumption as % of GDP

Gross fixed capital formation as % of GDP

Share of renewable energy (%)

Greenhouse gas emissions

Primary energy consumption

Final energy consumption

Area under organic farming (%)

Gross value added of agriculture in % of GDP

Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (reference year=2008)

At risk of poverty threshold (PPS)

At risk of poverty rate before social transfers (%)

At risk of poverty rate after social transfers (%)

Gini index (%)

Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area (%)

Resident tourists as % of resident population

Nights spent by non-resident tourists in collective tourist accommodations (%)

Resident tourists traveling abroad as % of the resident tourists

Average number of passengers per commercial air flight

Speed limits on motorways