Social Development in Belgium 166 indicators covering social development for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age of full democracy 77 years 2025 up 14.9% 13th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 22.3% 2030 down 9.0% 56th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 2.04 million 2030 down 6.4% 60th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 13.0% 2020 up 0.2% 157th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 23.2% 2020 up 5.6% 170th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 35.8% 2020 down 6.9% 121st Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 76.8% 2020 down 1.6% 17th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 10.2% 2020 up 13.3% 118th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 31.4% 2020 down 6.1% 37th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 26.67 2020 down 15.5% 74th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 12.28 2020 down 15.5% 74th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 20.48 2020 down 16.8% 37th Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 20.3% 2030 down 11.4% 53rd Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 22.3% 2030 down 9.0% 49th Public and private social expenditure 28.57 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 1.1% 4th Social expenditure aggregates 28.57 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 1.1% 4th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 11.5 2024 up 50.1% 131st Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 34.04 2024 down 32.5% 32nd Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 337,822 National currency 2024 up 49.8% 24th Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 97,512 National currency 2025 up 43.1% 23rd Age of democracy 75 years 2018 up 15.4% 9th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 110,342 National currency 2024 up 38.3% 23rd Homicides, by sex of the victim 11 homicides 2021 down 88.1% 85th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 2 homicides per 100,000 population 2021 down 11.0% 88th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 77,198 National currency 2024 up 36.8% 19th Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 5.91 2025 down 30.4% 37th Press Freedom Index 11.69 2021 down 9.7% 167th Age of liberal democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 8th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 32.6% 2025 up 2.8% 67th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 4.6 2015 down 23.7% 18th Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 107,286 National currency 2025 up 60.0% 15th HICP - Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (Neither) 157.31 2026 down 2.2% 8th HICP - Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and 51.89 2026 down 14.9% 20th HICP - Water (ND) (Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted) 2.8 2026 down 1.1% 16th HICP - HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 6.3 2025 up 625.0% 5th HICP - All-items excluding housing, water, elect., gas and other fuels 2.4 2025 up 166.7% 20th Share of voting rights in international organizations 0.7% 2024 unchanged 35th HICP - Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices 2.2 2025 up 83.3% 26th Trust in government 50.5% 2024 up 18.4% 13th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 6.2 2014 down 47.5% 18th Annual budget for tobacco control in currency reported 13.32 million 2022 up 566.0% 36th Total number of indoor cinemas 92 2016 down 10.7% 39th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 701.62 2016 down 6.4% 24th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 738.27 2014 up 2.1% 20th ← Previous Page 3 of 3