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Belgium

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Belgium is a country. The capital city is Brussels, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 30,494 km², a population of 11,787,423 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Sophie Wilmès.

Key facts

currency: Euro
capital city: Brussels
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 30,494 km²
population: 11,787,423 people
political leader: Sophie Wilmès (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 92.48 % of GDP
expense: 39.58 % of GDP
GDP: 644,782,756,682.76 current US$
inflation: 4.05 annual %
self-employed workers: 15.02 % of total employment
tax revenue: 22.71 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.53 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 11.45 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 24,000 people
democracy score: 7.78
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 94.60 % of population
military expenditure: 1.21 % of GDP
net migration: 41,679 people
press freedom: 6.48
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 42.67 %
birth rate: 9.80 per 1,000 people
death rate: 10.00 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 5,680.23 current US$
health expenditure: 11.04 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 5.48 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 82
suicide mortality rate: 18.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 13,656.70 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 15.11 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 84.31 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 6.11 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 32.81 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.46 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 37.53 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.30 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 20.34 % of total
net energy imports: 80.09 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.53 births per woman
forest area: 6,893 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 75.87 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 106.37 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 37.40
methane emissions: 12.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 7.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 5,977,124 people
male population: 5,810,299 people
renewable energy consumption: 11.70 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 22,780.52 km²
rural population: 213,470 people
urban land area: 7,730.88 km²
urban population: 11,573,953 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.23 % of total population

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Distribution of athletes from Belgium by birth date

Distribution of companies in Belgium by foundation year

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Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Belgium

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Correlation of methane emissions and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Belgium

Correlation of agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Belgium

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