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Belgium BE

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Brussels

Population
11,941,781
2025
GDP
$725.5 billion
2025
Life expectancy
82.3 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
recipes5
legal19,029
alerts2

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 2.52°–6.37° E, 49.50°–51.50° N · centroid 50.50, 4.45 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

civil law system based on the French Civil Code; judicial review of legislative acts

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership98.22024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)98.22024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)44.42024World Bank
air_freight1,831.52023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried11,390,665.42023World Bank
airline_routes_departures412.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights24.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total112,605.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct0.52020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel24,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV)86,000,000.02025World Bank
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)430,000,000.02025World Bank
arrivals2,584,000.02020World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k49.62024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct37.42023World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p518.42023World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct5.92025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct5.92025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct100.02024World Bank
B-READY business entry (0-100)83.32025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business insolvency (0-100)84.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business location (0-100)61.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY dispute resolution (0-100)65.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY financial services (0-100)79.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY international trade (0-100)78.32025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY labour (0-100)66.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY market competition (0-100)64.62025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100)68.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100)70.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100)74.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY taxation (0-100)44.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY utility services (0-100)81.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
budget_expense_pct_gdp39.72022World Bank
cereal_tonnes1,932,850.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct10.82023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd5,931.02023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct1.92023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov21.22024World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking100.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)15,303.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
container_port_traffic12,395,047.02024World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu87.02021World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
contradictions_total5.02026encyclopedia.db prose claim graph (precision-gated advisory; P17/P27 subject)
cpi145.72025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
crime_unodc_cts_assault77,108.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_assault_rate719.82010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary94,257.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary_rate879.92010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_domestic_burglary68,011.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_domestic_burglary_rate634.92010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_possession_use31,617.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_possession_use_rate298.52008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_trafficking12,640.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_trafficking_rate119.42008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime44,839.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime_rate423.42008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping1,098.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping_rate10.32010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery183,611.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery_rate1,714.12010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape2,991.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape_rate27.92010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sexual_violence6,491.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sexual_violence_rate60.62010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sv_against_children3,637.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sv_against_children_rate34.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft234,008.02010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft_rate2,184.52010https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims1.92015https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx91.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_assault_count67,759.02024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_assault_rate577.22024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_count125.02021UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate1.12021UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_suspects72.02024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_count13,747.02024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_rate117.12024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_count4,792.02024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_rate40.82024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)46.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
showing 80 of 67,161 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 349 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialpatent application counts (residents + non-residents) from the World Bank/WIPO series; patent documents are not ingested source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial19,029 primary-law documents, 19,028 with full text mirrored (newest 2025); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested2 alert row(s) in the current GDACS/USGS window | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (7.7 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_BEL_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested341,425 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeGREEN · ingestedstale data (2021) intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC series via World Bank); recorded homicides only source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedstale data (2023) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 1,061 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial9 public Interpol Red Notice(s) in the 2026-11-08T00:47:49Z snapshot list a national of this country. Not a crime rate; Interpol controls/withdraws notices and the unfiltered public API is capped, so the set is incomplete. source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 27 + UN consolidated 3 + EU 8 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialinternational tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2022) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Belgium:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

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Cite this page

Belgium (BE). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/be. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.