Country profile · BEL
Belgium
Region · High-income economies Population · 11.7M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.3%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 5 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.38
- Expected years of schooling
- 19.0 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 84%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 28% / 21%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.26
- Urban population
- 88%
- Employment in agriculture
- 1%
- Internet use
- 95%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.20%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.1 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 4.7 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 20%
- Women married before age 18
- 1%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.89
Religion
- Christianity60%
- No religion33%
- Islam7%
Major cities
- Brussels
- Antwerp
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- France
- the Netherlands
- Spain
- Germany