Climate Change in Belgium

1,451 indicators covering climate change for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Food Processing — Energy Use 1,290 TJ 2023 down 36.3% 22nd
Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita 9.88 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.5% 14th
Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC -1,988 kt 2022 down 0.7% 20th
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed — Export quantity 2,773 t 2023 down 7.5% 11th
Share of global annual CO₂ emissions from other industry 0.4% 2024 down 30.9% 18th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry 0.6% 2024 down 8.3% 18th
Greenhouse Gas Footprints (GHGFP) 2025 edition: Principal indicators 0.191 Kilogrammes of CO2-equivalent per US dollar 2022 down 45.1% 44th
Greenhouse Gas Footprints (GHGFP) 2025 edition: Principal indicators 0.133 Kilogrammes of CO2-equivalent per US dollar 2022 down 49.2% 53rd
Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and other mixtures with calcium 371,500 1000 USD 2024 down 22.2% 2nd
Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and other mixtures with calcium 1.43 million t 2024 down 10.4% 2nd
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed — Other uses 2,655 t 2018 down 76.9% 13th
Pre- and post-production — Energy Use 2,665 TJ 2023 up 5.0% 28th
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use 2,665 TJ 2023 up 5.0% 28th
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems 32.26 million tonnes CO₂e 2015 up 1.3% 76th
Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters per 2.78 per 100,000 people 2023 — 46th
Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters 326 2023 — 44th
Number of deaths due to disaster 326 2023 — 42nd
Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC 25.02 1000 ha 2022 up 32.3% 37th
Air transport emissions 1.83 Tonnes 2024 up 242.4% 68th
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 731.26 kt 2022 down 22.6% 31st
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 9,512 kt 2020 down 2.1% 47th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 209.05 kt 2020 down 1.0% 50th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 5,853 kt 2020 down 1.0% 50th
Electricity generation - Regions — Carbon intensity of electricity 168.62 Grammes of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt hour 2023 down 24.6% 27th
Food Retail — Energy Use 1,160 TJ 2023 up 109.1% 33rd
Number of people affected by disaster 3,000 2023 — 81st
Number of directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 25.61 per 100,000 people 2023 — 90th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 13.11 kt 2020 down 4.3% 48th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 3,475 kt 2020 down 4.3% 48th
Food Packaging — Energy Use 98.21 TJ 2023 down 68.6% 28th
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 161.43 kt 2020 down 1.9% 43rd
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,520 kt 2020 down 1.9% 43rd
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,520 kt 2020 down 1.9% 43rd
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 1,909 kt 2020 down 1.5% 30th
Coal — Energy use in agriculture 457.65 TJ 2023 down 27.9% 13th
Coal — Emissions 43.29 kt 2023 down 27.9% 13th
Coal — Emissions 0.1373 kt 2023 down 27.9% 13th
Coal — Emissions 0.0007 kt 2023 down 30.0% 13th
Heat — Energy use in agriculture 33.7 TJ 2023 down 73.9% 30th
Heat — Emissions 1.18 kt 2023 down 73.9% 28th
Heat — Emissions 0.0058 kt 2023 down 74.1% 30th
Heat — Emissions 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% 28th
Number of injured or ill people attributed to disasters 3,000 2023 — 34th
Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 47.62 kt 2020 up 2.0% 26th
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 1,333 kt 2020 up 2.0% 26th
Food Processing — Energy Use 1,407 TJ 2023 down 15.8% 16th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 10.94 kt 2020 down 3.4% 40th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 2,899 kt 2020 down 3.4% 40th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 2,899 kt 2020 down 3.4% 40th
Manure Management — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 2.17 kt 2020 down 8.9% 30th
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 575.64 kt 2020 down 8.9% 30th
LULUCF — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC -1,214 kt 2019 up 33.7% 40th
LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC -1,214 kt 2019 up 33.7% 40th
Food Transport — Energy Use 0.4483 TJ 2023 down 1.7% 33rd
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters 0 million current US$ 2023 — 119th
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters relative to GDP 0.0% 2023 — 119th
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 8.62 kt 2020 down 3.2% 33rd
Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 2.32 kt 2020 down 4.0% 26th
Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC -2,001 kt 2020 down 1.8% 9th
Forestland — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC -2,001 kt 2020 down 1.8% 9th