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Society profile

Belgium

Belgium: 48 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 11.9 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 15.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 63.3%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 21.0%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.7%World Bank2025 Urban population 87.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.4World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 3.5World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 82.3yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 3.1‰World Bank2024 Net migration 31 989World Bank2025

Education

Secondary school enrolment 143.0%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 82.1%World Bank2023 Education spending 6.3%World Bank2022

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $74 676$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $75 620$World Bank2025 Gini index 26.8World Bank2023 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 0.1%World Bank2023 Income share held by richest 10% 22.2%World Bank2023

Health

Suicide rate 18.4per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 10.8%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 95.8%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 103.9per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 7.3tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey30.9%European Social Survey2023

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey11.7%European Social Survey2023

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey51.0%European Social Survey2023 Most people can be trusted survey6.2of 10Eurostat2025

Trust Institutions

Confidence in parliament survey39.5%European Social Survey2023 Confidence in the police survey72.7%European Social Survey2023 Confidence in the courts survey51.8%European Social Survey2023

Family Structure

Crude marriage rate 4.0‰Eurostat2023 Crude divorce rate 1.7‰Eurostat2023

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 41.3%World Bank2025

Democracy

Satisfied with how democracy works survey49.6%European Social Survey2023

Immigration Attitudes

Immigrants make the country a better place survey40.7%European Social Survey2023

Employment

Unemployment rate 5.9%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 17.8%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 49.8%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 59.0%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 14.6%World Bank2025

Happiness

Life satisfaction, 1-10 survey7.6of 10Eurostat2025 Very happy or rather happy survey84.8%European Social Survey2023

Safety

Intentional homicides 1.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Feels safe walking alone at night survey64.3%UN SDG2024

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey91.1%European Social Survey2023

Community

Active member of a voluntary organisation survey15.8%Eurostat2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Spain88%
  2. Andorra83%
  3. Austria83%
  4. Slovenia82%
  5. France81%
  6. Luxembourg81%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.