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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 artists from Belgium by birth year

Distribution of companies in Belgium by foundation year

Distribution of athletes from Belgium by birth date

Distribution of sites in Belgium by inscription year

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Belgium with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Belgium with forecast

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Belgium with forecast

Evolution of historical urban population in Belgium with forecast

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Belgium by mean width

Map of the distribution of cities in Belgium by population

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Map of the distribution of universities in Belgium by total students

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Share of politicians per gender in Belgium

Share of diseases in Belgium by mortality rate

Share of CEOs per gender in Belgium

Correlation of birth rate and median age by countries yearly in Belgium

Correlation of rural population and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Belgium

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

Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Belgium

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