Reference Data in Belgium

4,104 indicators covering reference data for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inability to make ends meet 6.1% 2025 down 29.1% 18th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car 5.7% 2025 down 14.9% 22nd
Arrears on utility bills 4.0% 2025 down 21.6% 37th
Consultations 8.9 Consultations per person 2024 — 7th
Arrears (mortgage or rent, utility bills or hire purchase) from 2003 5.1% 2025 down 26.1% 40th
Arrears on hire purchase instalments or other loan payments 0.7% 2025 down 46.2% 45th
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total 0.9% 2016 up 0.3% 24th
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total 0.3% 2016 down 26.1% 51st
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% 9th
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total 0.9% 2016 up 2.2% 24th
Biofuel energy production 9.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 103.3% 17th
Biofuel production by region 9.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 103.3% 17th
Sales of cigarettes per adult per day 3.1 cigarettes per adult per day 2011 down 26.2% 37th
Share of young adults aged 18-34 living with their parents by type of 64.5% 2025 up 30.0% 29th
Heat pumps – ambient heat 15,204 Terajoule 2024 up 776.9% 18th
Non-agricultural employers, aged 15-64, urban 0.0% 2003 — 74th
Employers, aged 15-64, urban 0.0% 2003 — 89th
Non-agricultural self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban 0.1% 2003 down 9.7% 46th
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban 0.1% 2003 down 13.8% 56th
Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban 0.0% 2003 down 27.1% 31st
Unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban 0.0% 2003 down 33.9% 40th
Unpaid or self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban 0.1% 2003 down 16.5% 57th
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban 0.9% 2003 up 3.3% 19th
Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban 0.9% 2003 up 3.4% 31st
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, rural 39.76 2003 up 6.9% 45th
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural 0.9% 2003 up 2.7% 47th
Employment rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.9% 2003 up 2.0% 38th
Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, rural 0.6% 2003 up 9.0% 44th
Labor force participation rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.7% 2003 up 6.9% 57th
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural 0.1% 2003 down 13.9% 48th
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.1% 2003 down 26.7% 57th
Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, rural 0.0% 2003 down 6.6% 85th
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, urban 38.5 2003 up 4.9% 50th
Catches - major fishing areas 16,478 Tonnes live weight 2025 down 32.6% 28th
Average performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in mathematics 485.73 score 2022 down 4.6% 13th
Average performance of 15-year-olds in mathematics, reading, and science 489.49 score 2022 down 4.9% 12th
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics 489.49 score 2022 down 4.9% 12th
Pesticide sales — Sales of herbicides 1,964 Tonnes 2024 down 22.2% 28th
Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or 24.9% 2025 down 33.8% 16th
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban 42.67 2003 up 4.9% 37th
Gender coverage rate in pension by age group 1.6 Number 2025 down 90.7% 17th
UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of 4.7% 2017 down 45.8% 44th
UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of 3.6% 2017 down 43.8% 43rd
Correction coefficients in the European Union (Countries) - index 100 Index 2025 unchanged 12th
Pesticide sales — Sales of fungicides 2,325 Tonnes 2024 down 26.7% 25th
Pesticide sales — Sales of insecticides 527.1 Tonnes 2024 down 3.7% 27th
Threshold income per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile (after tax) 1,779 international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 up 21.8% 5th
Antibiotic usage by surveillance category 14.45 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day 2023 down 5.5% 17th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-64, female 0.0% 2003 down 45.4% 79th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-64, male 0.0% 2003 down 29.8% 86th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 25-64 0.0% 2003 down 34.1% 84th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-24 0.0% 2003 down 60.6% 86th
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-64, female 0.0% 2003 up 13.8% 42nd
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-64, male 0.1% 2003 down 0.7% 61st
Employment in the construction sector, aged 25-64 0.1% 2003 down 5.0% 66th
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-24 0.1% 2003 up 6.9% 23rd
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, female 0.2% 2003 down 13.8% 53rd
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male 0.2% 2003 down 2.1% 46th
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 25-64 0.2% 2003 down 7.0% 55th
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-24 0.2% 2003 down 3.2% 49th