Environment in Belgium

4,245 indicators covering environment for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -23.3% 2024 down 81.3% 172nd
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 5,519 t 2024 down 23.1% 56th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 596 t 2024 down 45.1% 68th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 2,325 t 2024 down 26.7% 50th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 8.73 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.6% 3rd
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 1,964 t 2024 down 22.2% 61st
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 242,894 t 2024 up 10.6% 18th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 24.31 % change on previous year 2024 up 1,245.5% 45th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 405 t 2024 up 36.4% 22nd
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 227 t 2024 up 129.3% 38th
Forest land — Share in Land area 21.99 % 2024 down 3.3% 154th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.2% 18th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 51.2% 22nd
Other land — Area 1,025 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% 141st
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.61 g/Int$ 2024 down 21.8% 105th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 56,146 TJ 2024 up 21.5% 84th
Fuelwood — Energy production 48,226 TJ 2024 up 25.8% 85th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 481,298 t 2024 down 37.1% 16th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 408,443 1000 USD 2024 down 16.7% 15th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% 91st
Asses — Stocks 2 An 2017 unchanged 117th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 24.67 kg 2017 unchanged 117th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 23.69 kg 2017 unchanged 117th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 4.74 kg 2017 unchanged 117th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 7.11 kg 2017 unchanged 117th
Asses — Manure management 0.987 kg 2017 unchanged 103rd
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2017 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 0.987 kg 2017 unchanged 103rd
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 0.1974 kg 2017 unchanged 103rd
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 0.2961 kg 2017 unchanged 103rd
Veneer sheets — Production 34,060 m3 2024 unchanged 55th
Recovered paper — Export value 224,283 1000 USD 2024 down 16.0% 11th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 1.27 million t 2024 down 22.4% 13th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 85,135 TJ 2024 up 8.4% 71st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 8,940 t 2024 up 51.4% 20th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 9,315 1000 USD 2024 down 1.8% 26th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 53,704 TJ 2024 up 11.1% 73rd
Municipal water withdrawal 740.19 million cubic meters 2023 up 1.0% 68th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 45,268 TJ 2024 up 13.8% 68th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 56,183 TJ 2024 down 19.1% 73rd
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2017 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0 %LSU 2017 110th
Asses — Stocks 1 LSU 2017 unchanged 117th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 48,876 t 2024 up 27.0% 26th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 71,055 1000 USD 2024 down 0.8% 24th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.0253 Mt CO2e 2024 down 45.7% 90th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 20.3 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% 3rd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 25.35 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% 3rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 19.27 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% 3rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 24.81 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% 3rd
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 8.45 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 46.1% 166th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year 2024 up 105.5% 48th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 432,529 t 2024 down 42.9% 15th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 385,136 1000 USD 2024 down 20.3% 15th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 87,803 m3 2024 down 79.4% 18th
Wood fuel — Import value 14,674 1000 USD 2024 down 62.5% 15th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 2,511 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.9% 122nd
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 20.62 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% 3rd