Country profile

Belgium

National indicators with source, date, confidence and scoring eligibility visible.

medium

Income level — GNI per capita, PPP (gross)

75620 intl$_ppp

Gross GNI per capita, PPP; not net take-home salary

As of 2025 · worldbank_gni_ppp

high

Net annual earnings (single, no children)

34642.3 EUR/yr

As of 2025 · eurostat_earn_nt_net

high

Overall tax burden (taxes + social contributions, % of GDP)

44.5 pct_gdp

As of 2024 · eurostat_gov_10a_taxag

high

Healthcare / health outcome (life expectancy at birth)

82.3 years

As of 2023 · eurostat_tps00205

medium

Fixed broadband / internet quality

93.8 pct_hh_vhcn

Fixed VHCN household coverage % (isoc_cbt).

As of 2024 · eurostat_isoc

low

Typical monthly rent, 1-bedroom, national

730 EUR/mo

Derived-index-proxy: mean of Deloitte BE cities (Brussels 15.7, Ghent 12.2, Antwerp 11.8 = 13.2) ×55 — big-city-biased. No single official Statbel national level (regional observatories only).

As of 2024 · deloitte_property_index

high

Household electricity price (band DC, all taxes)

0.3571 EUR/kWh

As of 2025-S1 · eurostat_nrg_pc_204

high

Intentional homicide rate

1.62 per_100k

As of 2022 · eurostat_crim_off_cat

medium

English / language accessibility

78 index

>=1 foreign lang known 2022 (English dominant); language-access proxy.

As of 2022 · eurostat_lang

low

Air quality — annual mean PM2.5

11.81 ug/m3

World Bank mean annual PM2.5 exposure (country baseline, dated 2017).

As of 2017 · worldbank_pm25

high

Comparative price level (household consumption)

116.7 index_eu27=100

As of 2024 · eurostat_tec00120