Agriculture & Rural in Belgium 3,964 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Land area 30,494 sq. km 2023 up 0.5% 136th Meat supply per person 59.97 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 14.0% 92nd Meat supply vs. GDP per capita 59.97 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 14.0% 92nd Fish and seafood consumption per capita 23.93 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 4.1% 61st Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita 23.93 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 4.1% 61st Fertilizer use per hectare of arable land 191.66 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 40.4% 42nd Share of land area used for agriculture 44.4% 2023 up 0.7% 82nd Share of land area used for arable agriculture 28.3% 2023 up 5.2% 33rd Projections for global peak agricultural land 1.35 million hectares 2023 up 1.3% 135th Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 1.60 million tonnes 2023 down 23.5% 19th Per capita meat consumption by type 2.05 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 8.9% 31st Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 120.36 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 39.7% 21st Daily meat consumption per person 164.3 grams per day per capita 2023 down 14.0% 92nd Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 484.97 million tonnes 2023 down 4.6% 91st Per capita meat consumption in the United States 13.25 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 8.6% 129th Share of cereals allocated to human food 19.9% 2023 up 17.6% 185th Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 19.9% 2023 up 17.6% 185th Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 59.4% 2023 down 5.3% 42nd Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 20.7% 2023 up 1.7% 11th Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? 15.70 million tonnes 2023 down 4.0% 15th Agricultural land use 1.35 million hectares 2023 up 1.3% 135th Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel 1.54 million tonnes 2023 down 11.5% 89th Per capita meat and fish consumption 13.25 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 8.6% 129th Fertilizer use per capita 4.21 Kilograms per capita 2023 down 33.3% 37th Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade 1.3% 2023 up 131.4% 64th Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 186.64 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 40.3% 24th Change in food supply, population, and agricultural land use 45.93 billion kilocalories per day 2023 up 10.7% 72nd Nitrogen fertilizer use 106,686 tonnes 2023 down 36.3% 67th Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, annual growth rate -2.45 % change on previous year 2017 up 90.0% 90th Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 49th Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 2,838 kg/ha 2017 up 29.3% 21st Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 646,786 1000 USD 2017 up 31.3% 42nd Beans, dry — Area harvested 123 ha 2017 up 15.0% 115th Beans, dry — Production 555.69 t 2017 up 70.5% 111th Unmanufactured tobacco — Gross Production Value 290 1000 Int$ 2017 down 18.1% 109th Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 81.61 2017 up 40.2% 113th Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross per capita 80.9 2017 up 31.0% 104th Meat, Total — Production, per capita 0.1463 t per person 2024 down 9.6% 8th Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) 32,680 t 2024 up 29.7% 61st Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area 120 ha 2024 up 20.0% 101st Beans, dry — Gross Production Value 424 1000 Int$ 2017 up 71.0% 112th Beans, dry — Yield 4,524 kg/ha 2017 up 48.5% 4th Meat, Total — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.3% 111th Fruit Primary — Production, per capita 0.042 t per person 2024 down 37.0% 116th Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 down 14.4% 171st Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 1.3% 2025 down 16.7% 179th Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 1.0% 2025 down 16.3% 178th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 49.85 1000 No 2025 down 7.3% 140th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 35.01 1000 No 2025 down 8.6% 141st ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 14.83 1000 No 2025 down 4.3% 130th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 1 % 2025 down 16.7% 166th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 1.3 % 2025 down 18.8% 166th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 0.6 % 2025 down 14.3% 159th Vegetables Primary — Production, per capita 0.1863 t per person 2024 down 0.1% 19th Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita 0.0053 ha per person 2024 down 4.6% 57th Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, per capita 0.3354 t per person 2024 down 14.2% 15th Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, per capita 0.0033 kg/ha per person 2024 down 30.7% 68th Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, per capita 0.0085 ha per person 2024 up 17.1% 45th Fruit Primary — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.5% 146th Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita 0.0016 ha per person 2024 down 12.8% 146th ← Previous Page 7 of 67 Next →