Reference Data in Belgium

4,104 indicators covering reference data for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, rural 1.0% 2003 up 6.6% 1st
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural 0.9% 2003 up 6.3% 24th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 28.0% 2017 down 1.2% 11th
Number of public paid employees 2,244 2020 up 18.0% 47th
Number of employed individuals 6,158 2020 up 6.8% 64th
Sample size 13,113 2020 up 11.0% 65th
Share of people who say they are satisfied with their life 91.5% 2016 up 1.0% 11th
Number of paid employees 9,692 2020 up 12.6% 47th
Goods and passenger train traffic performance 94,514 Thousand train-kilometres 2011 — 16th
Corruption Perceptions Index 69 Score 2025 down 10.4% 17th
Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and 10.68 2003 — 44th
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and 0.3% 2003 up 128.6% 46th
Employment in the armed forces occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.0% 2003 — 56th
Employment in the clerks occupation group, aged 15-64, above primary 0.2% 2003 up 2.6% 2nd
Employment in the craft workers occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.1% 2003 down 18.7% 47th
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.1% 2003 up 14.0% 59th
Employment in the machine operators occupation group, aged 15-64 0.1% 2003 up 6.9% 39th
Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.2% 2003 down 2.3% 30th
Employment in the senior officials occupation group, aged 15-64 0.1% 2003 down 3.4% 8th
Employment in the skilled agriculture occupation group, aged 15-64 0.0% 2003 down 28.7% 70th
Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 0.1% 2003 up 2.7% 73rd
Employment in the technicians occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.1% 2003 up 15.1% 35th
Deaths by age, sex and citizenship 112,098 Number 2024 up 7.0% 18th
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment 0.3578 2020 up 6.1% 4th
Net occupancy rate of bed-places and bedrooms in hotels and similar 61.8% 2026 up 12.1% 22nd
Employment in the armed forces occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2003 — 30th
Employment in the clerks occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.1% 2003 down 61.0% 7th
Employment in the craft workers occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.2% 2003 up 14.0% 27th
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.3% 2003 up 206.0% 49th
Employment in the machine operators occupation group, aged 15-64 0.2% 2003 up 127.3% 7th
Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2003 down 97.9% 34th
Employment in the senior officials occupation group, aged 15-64 0.1% 2003 down 43.5% 7th
Employment in the skilled agriculture occupation group, aged 15-64 0.0% 2003 up 52.4% 70th
Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 0.1% 2003 up 52.1% 44th
Employment in the technicians occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2003 down 59.4% 15th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing 100.0% 2018 unchanged 1st
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education 1.0% 2003 up 2.3% 1st
Inability to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home 23.3% 2025 down 20.2% 32nd
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) 7.0% 2025 up 22.8% 20th
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of 27.8% 2025 down 6.7% 26th
Ability to make ends meet by level of disability (activity) 6.4% 2025 down 28.1% 17th
Share of persons who cannot afford a computer by level of disability 2.3% 2025 up 21.1% 21st
Overcrowding rate by level of disability (activity limitation), sex 10.8% 2025 up 414.3% 39th
Inability to keep home adequately warm by level of disability 5.0% 2025 down 19.4% 26th
Surgical procedures 166,800 Number 2023 up 35.7% 12th
Share of persons who cannot afford a personal car by level of 6.9% 2025 down 6.8% 23rd
Number of new electric cars sold 180,000 cars 2025 up 4,515.4% 12th
Number of new cars sold, by type 180,000 cars 2025 up 4,515.4% 12th
Share of new cars sold that are electric 44.0% 2025 up 5,689.5% 9th
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, primary education and below 34.61 2003 down 7.9% 70th
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, primary 0.4% 2003 up 80.7% 14th
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 0.1% 2003 down 8.5% 60th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to computers for 100.0% 2018 unchanged 1st
Transport by type of vessel 156,111 Thousand tonnes 2025 down 17.0% 4th
Arrears (mortgage or rent, utility bills or hire purchase) by level 5.6% 2025 down 42.9% 42nd
Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex - monthly data 2,020 Person 2026 up 29.9% 7th
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water 100.0% 2018 unchanged 1st
Pension beneficiaries by type of pension, sex and means-testing 3.30 million Person 2024 up 20.8% 13th
Road freight transport by type of goods and type of transport (t) 253,873 Thousand tonnes 2025 down 14.0% 17th
Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm) 253,873 Thousand tonnes 2025 down 14.0% 17th