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Europe > Belgium > Economy

BELGIAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk
Debt > External $1,313,000,000,000.00 Time series [10th of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index 28 Time series [31st of 43]
Economic freedom 2.9 [19th of 156]
Economic importance 3.8 [17th of 25]
Exports $322,200,000,000.00 Time series [13th of 189]
GDP $392,001,400,000.00 Time series [18th of 203]
GDP > PPP $322,645,000,000.00 [27th of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate 2.8% Time series [151st of 198]
GDP per capita in 1950 $5,346.00 [10th of 52]
GDP per capita in 1973 $11,905.00 [11th of 52]
GINI index 32.97 Time series [28th of 40]
Gross National Income $245,000,000,000.00 [18th of 172]
Human Development Index 0.945 [9th of 178]
Income category
High income: OECD
Income distribution > Richest 10% 23% [101st of 114]
Population below poverty line 15.2% Time series [14th of 46]
Public debt 84.6 % of GDP Time series [12th of 121]
Technological achievement 0.55 [14th of 68]
Tourist arrivals 6,037,000 [20th of 152]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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