Environment in Belgium

4,266 indicators covering environment for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Import value 2.12 million 1000 USD 2024 up 5.4% 11th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 457,330 1000 USD 2024 down 12.4% 18th
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Import value 153,261 1000 USD 2024 down 6.0% 14th
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Import value 380,194 1000 USD 2024 up 18.4% 12th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Production 0 t 2024 25th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export quantity 18,841 t 2024 down 31.2% 21st
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export value 9,356 1000 USD 2024 down 27.7% 23rd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export quantity 42,105 t 2024 down 81.2% 31st
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 52,943 1000 USD 2024 down 76.1% 31st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export quantity 47,841 t 2024 up 4,249.2% 12th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export value 21,333 1000 USD 2024 up 1,935.6% 13th
Total fibre furnish — Production, per square kilometre 59.09 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% 5th
Case materials — Export quantity 972,884 t 2024 up 15.2% 19th
Case materials — Export value 475,162 1000 USD 2024 up 7.5% 17th
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services 100 % 2024 unchanged 1st
Cartonboard — Export quantity 490,678 t 2024 up 32.9% 9th
Cartonboard — Export value 558,434 1000 USD 2024 up 36.8% 11th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.1771 m3 per person 2024 down 11.8% 27th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.2% 56th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 589,170 t 2024 down 51.9% 9th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 676,967 1000 USD 2024 down 39.5% 9th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 193,136 t 2024 down 37.3% 9th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 154,194 1000 USD 2024 down 33.9% 8th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding -0.3633 Mt CO2e 2023 up 62.6% 81st
Turkeys — Stocks 418,000 An 2020 up 120.0% 40th
Turkeys — Amount excreted in manure 767,732 kg 2020 up 120.0% 40th
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture 15,355 kg 2020 up 120.0% 53rd
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 3,071 kg 2020 up 120.0% 53rd
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that leaches 4,606 kg 2020 up 120.0% 53rd
Turkeys — Manure management 752,378 kg 2020 up 120.0% 37th
Turkeys — Losses from manure treated 1,919 kg 2020 up 120.0% 19th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils 750,458 kg 2020 up 120.0% 36th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 150,092 kg 2020 up 120.0% 36th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that leaches 225,137 kg 2020 up 120.0% 36th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 115,609 t 2024 up 5.4% 14th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 33,018 1000 USD 2024 down 3.9% 20th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 108.72 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% 7th
Share of land covered by forest 22.0% 2025 down 2.7% 130th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 20.6 USD/m3 2023 up 2.9% 133rd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 523.25 USD/m3 2023 up 20.5% 9th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Production 0 t 2024 34th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 52.83 % 2023 down 10.9% 31st
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 10,640 t 2024 down 89.9% 60th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 9,691 1000 USD 2024 down 68.4% 63rd
Particle board — Production 1.24 million m3 2024 down 9.8% 23rd
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 100,370 t 2024 down 44.5% 39th
NPK fertilizers — Import value 61,230 1000 USD 2024 down 27.3% 37th
Land use 886,359 hectares 2023 up 5.7% 116th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 1,795 t 2024 down 97.1% 23rd
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 3,949 1000 USD 2024 down 94.1% 20th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.45 % 2023 down 10.0% 129th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 7.94 % 2023 down 14.8% 34th
Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.1233 t per person 2024 up 26.5% 4th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 44.43 % 2023 down 10.2% 3rd
Urea — Import value 168,746 1000 USD 2024 up 9.4% 25th
Urea — Import quantity 617,860 t 2024 up 46.6% 19th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 47.48 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% 5th