Health in Belgium

1,254 indicators covering health for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number healthy diet unaffordable 100,000 2024 down 50.0% 128th
Import of environmentally sound technologies 16.25 billion 2020 up 3.3% 20th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 93 2024 down 2.1% 30th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 96 2024 up 9.1% 33rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 8.89 2020 up 53.0% 44th
Export of environmentally sound technologies 13.27 billion 2020 down 9.2% 22nd
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 7,025 2023 down 22.3% 97th
Infant mortality 407 2014 down 22.6% 13th
Health risks - Regions β€” Respiratory system diseases mortality crude 101.25 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 down 0.9% 7th
Gross national income per capita 63,582 2023 up 8.9% 15th
Health risks - Regions β€” Circulatory system diseases mortality crude 222.19 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 down 21.3% 25th
Avoidable mortality 22,459 Deaths 2022 down 2.8% 24th
Avoidable mortality β€” Preventable mortality 15,975 Deaths 2022 up 1.8% 22nd
Avoidable mortality β€” Treatable mortality 6,484 Deaths 2022 down 12.5% 24th
Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2023 β€” 62nd
Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 89.3 2100 up 1.0% 13th
Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0022 2100 down 13.2% 15th
Projected life expectancy by age, sex and type of projection 89.2 2100 up 1.2% 12th
Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0003 2100 down 32.7% 8th
Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 89.5 2100 up 1.0% 15th
Life expectancy by age and sex 82.4 2024 up 1.6% 14th
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2024 down 100.0% 47th
Crude death rate hmd 9.45 2023 down 3.4% 24th
Births and deaths 9.45 2023 down 3.4% 24th
Period versus cohort life expectancy 82.08 2023 up 2.0% 17th
Annual death rate by age group 3.03 2023 down 12.2% 24th
Percentage of all children enrolled in private institutions of 52.85 2023 up 0.0% 15th
Number reported cases of cholera 2 2005 up 100.0% 72nd
Human Development Index 0.951 2023 up 2.8% 8th
HPV immunization coverage estimates among primary target cohort (9-14) 80.0% 2025 up 17.6% 36th
Pharmaceutical consumption 213 Defined daily dose per 1 000 inhabitants per day 2024 up 22.1% 18th
Life expectancy at birth oecd 81.9 2021 up 1.5% 15th
Risk factors for health β€” Tobacco consumption 14.1 Cigarettes per smoker per day 2023 down 11.3% 7th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for cigarette 15 2022 down 6.2% 11th
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 814 2010 down 36.3% 126th
Number of reported cholera deaths 0 2005 β€” 37th
Physiotherapists 26,903 2023 up 40.1% 16th
Perceived health status 8.6 Percentage of population in the same age 2025 down 8.5% 9th
Health graduates 1,719 2025 up 26.5% 12th
Health personnel 39,610 2024 up 18.8% 13th
Coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine 72 2024 up 16.1% 28th
Generalist medical practitioners 14,555 2023 up 16.6% 28th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 51.2% 25th
Average of 13 International Health Regulations core capacity scores 82.9 2017 up 12.0% 57th
New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 216 2012 down 49.7% 122nd
Hospital beds by function and type of care 63,478 2025 down 3.5% 8th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 85.7% 26th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 30.0% 30th
Total number of notified TB cases 959 2014 down 21.8% 122nd
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 377 2021 β€” 86th
Specialist medical practitioners 24,623 2023 up 22.5% 33rd
Acute care β€” Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality 6.6 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 12.0% 5th
Acute care β€” Ischaemic stroke 30 day mortality 7.6 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 12.6% 10th
Acute care β€” Haemorrhagic stroke 30 day mortality 27.7 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 5.8% 3rd
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 21 2012 down 63.8% 83rd
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 77.0% 2011 up 20.3% 116th
Share of one year olds who received the rotavirus vaccine 86 2024 unchanged 41st
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 15 2022 down 6.2% 12th
Insufficiently active 83.49 2016 down 0.0% 75th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 51.2% 22nd