Social Development in Belgium 166 indicators covering social development for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 69 2025 up 86.5% 163rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 76.1% 186th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 18.5% 186th Political Rights Score 38 2025 down 5.0% 19th Freedom Score 95 2025 down 1.0% 17th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 58,725 2025 up 63.1% 22nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0049 units per person 2025 up 54.0% 15th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3.7% 58th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -63.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 182.8% 179th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 10.51 % change on previous year 2025 down 96.0% 48th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.962 2025 unchanged 5th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.981 2025 unchanged 9th Political Corruption Index 0.031 2025 unchanged 162nd Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.031 2025 unchanged 162nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.88 2024 down 37.1% 30th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0049 units per square kilometre 2023 up 378.1% 140th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 1.46 units per square kilometre 2023 up 286.5% 6th LGBT+ Rights Index 10 2019 up 0.6% 11th Forcibly displaced people 245,118 2025 up 243.8% 58th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 1 number 2025 — 90th Age of electoral democracy 77 years 2025 up 14.9% 17th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 69 2024 down 9.2% 22nd Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.54 2024 down 27.9% 44th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.67 2024 down 29.9% 32nd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8701 2024 up 5.9% 66th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0011 2024 down 102.4% 103rd Self-reported life satisfaction 6.93 2025 down 0.0% 14th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.93 2025 down 0.0% 14th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 45.0% 2024 down 8.6% 73rd Homicide rate 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population 2021 — 130th Homicides 125 homicides 2021 — 89th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population 2021 — 130th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population 2021 — 129th Age of electoral democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 12th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.6238 2020 down 6.0% 28th Homicides 76 deaths 2021 down 47.9% 55th Child homicide rate 0.3884 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.4% 53rd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.5193 2020 down 13.5% 35th Homicide rate 0.656 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.6% 81st Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.656 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.6% 81st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 142.35 deaths 2021 down 21.0% 118th Homicide rate 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% 153rd Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.23 2021 down 25.5% 147th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2.04 million 2030 down 6.4% 58th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.83 2030 up 2.6% 40th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →