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  6. data/lib/factbook.rb +4 -64
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  58. data/test/test_convert.rb +0 -30
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1149
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- <div class=category_data>Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830; it was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. The country prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Political divisions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy. Its capital, Brussels, is home to numerous international organizations including the EU and NATO.</div>
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1153
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- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>30,528 sq km</span></div>
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1171
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1185
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1186
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1187
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1188
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1189
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- <div class=category_data>233.5 sq km (2007)</div>
1192
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2201&term=Total renewable water resources'>Total renewable water resources:</a><a href='../fields/2201.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1193
- <div class=category_data>18.3 cu km (2011)</div>
1194
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2202&term=Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)'>Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):</a><a href='../fields/2202.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1195
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>6.22 cu km/yr (12%/88%/1%)</span></div>
1196
- <div><span class=category>per capita: </span><span class=category_data>589.8 cu m/yr (2007)</span></div>
1197
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2021&term=Natural hazards'>Natural hazards:</a><a href='../fields/2021.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1198
- <div class=category_data>flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes</div>
1199
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2032&term=Environment - current issues'>Environment - current issues:</a><a href='../fields/2032.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1200
- <div class=category_data>the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges</div>
1201
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2033&term=Environment - international agreements'>Environment - international agreements:</a><a href='../fields/2033.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1202
- <div><span class=category>party to: </span><span class=category_data>Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling</span></div>
1203
- <div><span class=category>signed, but not ratified: </span><span class=category_data>none of the selected agreements</span></div>
1204
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2113&term=Geography - note'>Geography - note:</a><a href='../fields/2113.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1205
- <div class=category_data>crossroads of Western Europe; most West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels, the seat of both the European Union and NATO</div>
1206
- </li>
1207
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='People and Society' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>People and Society :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1208
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2110&term=Nationality'>Nationality:</a><a href='../fields/2110.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1209
- <div><span class=category>noun: </span><span class=category_data>Belgian(s)</span></div>
1210
- <div><span class=category>adjective: </span><span class=category_data>Belgian</span></div>
1211
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2075&term=Ethnic groups'>Ethnic groups:</a><a href='../fields/2075.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1212
- <div class=category_data>Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%</div>
1213
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2098&term=Languages'>Languages:</a><a href='../fields/2098.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1214
- <div class=category_data>Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%</div>
1215
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2122&term=Religions'>Religions:</a><a href='../fields/2122.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1216
- <div class=category_data>Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%</div>
1217
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2119&term=Population'>Population:</a><a href='../fields/2119.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1218
- <div class=category_data>11,323,973 (July 2015 est.)</div>
1219
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2119rank.html#be'>84</a></span></div>
1220
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2010&term=Age structure'>Age structure:</a><a href='../fields/2010.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1221
- <div><span class=category>0-14 years: </span><span class=category_data>17.08% (male 990,272/female 943,363)</span></div>
1222
- <div><span class=category>15-24 years: </span><span class=category_data>11.59% (male 669,540/female 642,486)</span></div>
1223
- <div><span class=category>25-54 years: </span><span class=category_data>40.45% (male 2,308,285/female 2,272,085)</span></div>
1224
- <div><span class=category>55-64 years: </span><span class=category_data>12.65% (male 709,347/female 723,696)</span></div>
1225
- <div><span class=category>65 years and over: </span><span class=category_data>18.23% (male 893,096/female 1,171,803) (2015 est.)</span></div>
1226
- <div><span class='category' style='margin-bottom:0px; vertical-align:bottom;'>population pyramid:</span>
1227
- <a href="javascript:void();" title="<img src = ../graphics/populationpyramid_tooltip.gif>"><img src="../graphics/poppyramid_icon.jpg" border="0" style="cursor:pointer; border: 0px solid #CCC;"
1228
- id='flagDialog2_be'
1229
- name='be'
1230
- regioncode='eur'
1231
- countrycode='be'
1232
- countryname='BELGIUM'
1233
- flagsubfield='note'
1234
- countryaffiliation=''
1235
- flagdescription='three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water, as well as peace and prosperity'
1236
- flagdescriptionnote='similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band - it features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band'
1237
- region='Europe '
1238
- typeimage='population'
1239
- > </a>
1240
- </div>
1241
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2261&term=Dependency ratios'>Dependency ratios:</a><a href='../fields/2261.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1242
- <div><span class=category>total dependency ratio: </span><span class=category_data>54.2%</span></div>
1243
- <div><span class=category>youth dependency ratio: </span><span class=category_data>26.1%</span></div>
1244
- <div><span class=category>elderly dependency ratio: </span><span class=category_data>28.1%</span></div>
1245
- <div><span class=category>potential support ratio: </span><span class=category_data>3.6% (2015 est.)</span></div>
1246
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2177&term=Median age'>Median age:</a><a href='../fields/2177.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1247
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>41.4 years</span></div>
1248
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>40.2 years</span></div>
1249
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>42.6 years (2015 est.)</span></div>
1250
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2002&term=Population growth rate'>Population growth rate:</a><a href='../fields/2002.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1251
- <div class=category_data>0.76% (2015 est.)</div>
1252
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2002rank.html#be'>188</a></span></div>
1253
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2054&term=Birth rate'>Birth rate:</a><a href='../fields/2054.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1254
- <div class=category_data>11.41 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)</div>
1255
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2054rank.html#be'>193</a></span></div>
1256
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2066&term=Death rate'>Death rate:</a><a href='../fields/2066.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1257
- <div class=category_data>9.63 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)</div>
1258
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2066rank.html#be'>38</a></span></div>
1259
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2112&term=Net migration rate'>Net migration rate:</a><a href='../fields/2112.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1260
- <div class=category_data>5.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)</div>
1261
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2112rank.html#be'>57</a></span></div>
1262
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2212&term=Urbanization'>Urbanization:</a><a href='../fields/2212.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1263
- <div><span class=category>urban population: </span><span class=category_data>97.9% of total population (2015)</span></div>
1264
- <div><span class=category>rate of urbanization: </span><span class=category_data>0.48% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)</span></div>
1265
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2219&term=Major urban areas - population'>Major urban areas - population:</a><a href='../fields/2219.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1266
- <div class=category_data>BRUSSELS (capital) 2.045 million; Antwerp 994,000 (2015)</div>
1267
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2018&term=Sex ratio'>Sex ratio:</a><a href='../fields/2018.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1268
- <div><span class=category>at birth: </span><span class=category_data>1.05 male(s)/female</span></div>
1269
- <div><span class=category>0-14 years: </span><span class=category_data>1.05 male(s)/female</span></div>
1270
- <div><span class=category>15-24 years: </span><span class=category_data>1.04 male(s)/female</span></div>
1271
- <div><span class=category>25-54 years: </span><span class=category_data>1.02 male(s)/female</span></div>
1272
- <div><span class=category>55-64 years: </span><span class=category_data>0.98 male(s)/female</span></div>
1273
- <div><span class=category>65 years and over: </span><span class=category_data>0.76 male(s)/female</span></div>
1274
- <div><span class=category>total population: </span><span class=category_data>0.97 male(s)/female (2015 est.)</span></div>
1275
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2091&term=Infant mortality rate'>Infant mortality rate:</a><a href='../fields/2091.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1276
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>3.41 deaths/1,000 live births</span></div>
1277
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>3.81 deaths/1,000 live births</span></div>
1278
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>3 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)</span></div>
1279
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2091rank.html#be'>194</a></span></div>
1280
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2102&term=Life expectancy at birth'>Life expectancy at birth:</a><a href='../fields/2102.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1281
- <div><span class=category>total population: </span><span class=category_data>80.88 years</span></div>
1282
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>78.3 years</span></div>
1283
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>83.58 years (2015 est.)</span></div>
1284
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2102rank.html#be'>37</a></span></div>
1285
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2127&term=Total fertility rate'>Total fertility rate:</a><a href='../fields/2127.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1286
- <div class=category_data>1.78 children born/woman (2015 est.)</div>
1287
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2127rank.html#be'>176</a></span></div>
1288
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2258&term=Contraceptive prevalence rate'>Contraceptive prevalence rate:</a><a href='../fields/2258.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1289
- <div class=category_data>70.4%</div>
1290
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>percent of women aged 18-49 (2008/10)</span></div>
1291
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2225&term=Health expenditures'>Health expenditures:</a><a href='../fields/2225.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1292
- <div class=category_data>11.2% of GDP (2013)</div>
1293
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2225rank.html#be'>16</a></span></div>
1294
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2226&term=Physicians density'>Physicians density:</a><a href='../fields/2226.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1295
- <div class=category_data>3.78 physicians/1,000 population (2010)</div>
1296
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2227&term=Hospital bed density'>Hospital bed density:</a><a href='../fields/2227.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1297
- <div class=category_data>6.5 beds/1,000 population (2012)</div>
1298
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2216&term=Drinking water source'>Drinking water source:</a><a href='../fields/2216.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1299
- <div><span class=category>improved: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1300
- <div class=category_data>urban: 100% of population</div>
1301
- <div class=category_data>rural: 100% of population</div>
1302
- <div class=category_data>total: 100% of population</div>
1303
- <div><span class=category>unimproved: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1304
- <div class=category_data>urban: 0% of population</div>
1305
- <div class=category_data>rural: 0% of population</div>
1306
- <div class=category_data>total: 0% of population (2015 est.)</div>
1307
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2217&term=Sanitation facility access'>Sanitation facility access:</a><a href='../fields/2217.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1308
- <div><span class=category>improved: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1309
- <div class=category_data>urban: 99.5% of population</div>
1310
- <div class=category_data>rural: 99.4% of population</div>
1311
- <div class=category_data>total: 99.5% of population</div>
1312
- <div><span class=category>unimproved: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1313
- <div class=category_data>urban: 0.5% of population</div>
1314
- <div class=category_data>rural: 0.6% of population</div>
1315
- <div class=category_data>total: 0.5% of population (2015 est.)</div>
1316
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2155&term=HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate'>HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:</a><a href='../fields/2155.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1317
- <div class=category_data>NA</div>
1318
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2156&term=HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS'>HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:</a><a href='../fields/2156.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1319
- <div class=category_data>NA</div>
1320
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2157&term=HIV/AIDS - deaths'>HIV/AIDS - deaths:</a><a href='../fields/2157.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1321
- <div class=category_data>NA</div>
1322
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2228&term=Obesity - adult prevalence rate'>Obesity - adult prevalence rate:</a><a href='../fields/2228.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1323
- <div class=category_data>22.1% (2014)</div>
1324
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2228rank.html#be'>83</a></span></div>
1325
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2206&term=Education expenditures'>Education expenditures:</a><a href='../fields/2206.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1326
- <div class=category_data>6.5% of GDP (2011)</div>
1327
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2206rank.html#be'>30</a></span></div>
1328
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2205&term=School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)'>School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):</a><a href='../fields/2205.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1329
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>16 years</span></div>
1330
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>16 years</span></div>
1331
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>17 years (2012)</span></div>
1332
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2229&term=Unemployment, youth ages 15-24'>Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:</a><a href='../fields/2229.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1333
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>19.8%</span></div>
1334
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>20.4%</span></div>
1335
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>19.8% (2012 est.)</span></div>
1336
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2229rank.html#be'>55</a></span></div>
1337
- </li>
1338
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='Government' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>Government :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1339
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2142&term=Country name'>Country name:</a><a href='../fields/2142.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1340
- <div><span class=category>conventional long form: </span><span class=category_data>Kingdom of Belgium</span></div>
1341
- <div><span class=category>conventional short form: </span><span class=category_data>Belgium</span></div>
1342
- <div><span class=category>local long form: </span><span class=category_data>Royaume de Belgique (French)/Koninkrijk Belgie (Dutch)/Koenigreich Belgien (German)</span></div>
1343
- <div><span class=category>local short form: </span><span class=category_data>Belgique/Belgie/Belgien</span></div>
1344
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2128&term=Government type'>Government type:</a><a href='../fields/2128.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1345
- <div class=category_data>federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy</div>
1346
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2057&term=Capital'>Capital:</a><a href='../fields/2057.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1347
- <div><span class=category>name: </span><span class=category_data>Brussels</span></div>
1348
- <div><span class=category>geographic coordinates: </span><span class=category_data>50 50 N, 4 20 E</span></div>
1349
- <div><span class=category>time difference: </span><span class=category_data>UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)</span></div>
1350
- <div><span class=category>daylight saving time: </span><span class=category_data>+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October</span></div>
1351
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2051&term=Administrative divisions'>Administrative divisions:</a><a href='../fields/2051.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1352
- <div class=category_data>3 regions (French: regions, singular - region; Dutch: gewesten, singular - gewest); Brussels-Capital Region, also known as Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Dutch), Region de Bruxelles-Capitale (French long form), Bruxelles-Capitale (French short form); Flemish Region (Flanders), also known as Vlaams Gewest (Dutch long form), Vlaanderen (Dutch short form), Region Flamande (French long form), Flandre (French short form); Walloon Region (Wallonia), also known as Region Wallone (French long form), Wallonie (French short form), Waals Gewest (Dutch long form), Wallonie (Dutch short form)</div>
1353
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; the 2012 sixth state reform transferred additional competencies from the federal state to the regions and linguistic communities</span></div>
1354
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2088&term=Independence'>Independence:</a><a href='../fields/2088.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1355
- <div class=category_data>4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)</div>
1356
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2109&term=National holiday'>National holiday:</a><a href='../fields/2109.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1357
- <div class=category_data>21 July (1831) ascension to the Throne of King LEOPOLD I</div>
1358
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2063&term=Constitution'>Constitution:</a><a href='../fields/2063.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1359
- <div class=category_data>drafted 25 November 1830, approved 7 February 1831, entered into force 26 July 1831, revised 14 July 1993 (creating a federal state); amended many times, last in 2012 (2012)</div>
1360
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2100&term=Legal system'>Legal system:</a><a href='../fields/2100.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1361
- <div class=category_data>civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts</div>
1362
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2220&term=International law organization participation'>International law organization participation:</a><a href='../fields/2220.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1363
- <div class=category_data>accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction</div>
1364
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2123&term=Suffrage'>Suffrage:</a><a href='../fields/2123.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1365
- <div class=category_data>18 years of age; universal and compulsory</div>
1366
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2077&term=Executive branch'>Executive branch:</a><a href='../fields/2077.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1367
- <div><span class=category>chief of state: </span><span class=category_data>King PHILIPPE (since 21 July 2013); Heir Apparent Princess ELISABETH, daughter of the monarch</span></div>
1368
- <div><span class=category>head of government: </span><span class=category_data>Prime Minister Charles MICHEL (since 11 October 2014); Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander DE CROO (since 22 October 2012), Jan JAMBON (since 11 October 2014), Kris PEETERS, Didier REYNDERS (since 30 December 2008)</span></div>
1369
- <div><span class=category>cabinet: </span><span class=category_data>Council of Ministers formally appointed by the monarch</span></div>
1370
- <div><span class=category>elections/appointments: </span><span class=category_data>the monarchy is hereditary and constitutional; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch and approved by Parliament</span></div>
1371
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2101&term=Legislative branch'>Legislative branch:</a><a href='../fields/2101.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1372
- <div><span class=category>description: </span><span class=category_data>bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate or Senaat in Dutch, Senat in French (71 seats; 40 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 31 indirectly elected by Community Parliaments; members serve 4-year terms) and the Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers in Dutch, Chambre des Representants in French (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)</span></div>
1373
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform</span></div>
1374
- <div><span class=category>elections: </span><span class=category_data>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 23 May 2014 (next to be held May 2019); note - elections will coincide with the EU's elections</span></div>
1375
- <div><span class=category>election results: </span><span class=category_data>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - N-VA 20.3%, PS 11.7%, CD&V 11.6%, Open VLD 9.8%, MR 9.6%, SP.A 8.8%, Groen! 5.3%, CDH 5.0% Workers' Party 3.7%, VB 3.7%, Ecolo 3.3%, FDF 1.8%, the People's Party 1.5%, other 7.2%; seats by party - N-VA 33, PS 23, CD&V 18, Open VLD 14, MR 20, SP.A 13, Groen! 6, CDH 9, Workers' Party 2, VB 3, Ecolo 6, FDF 2, the People's Party 1</span></div>
1376
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2094&term=Judicial branch'>Judicial branch:</a><a href='../fields/2094.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1377
- <div><span class=category>highest court(s): </span><span class=category_data>Constitutional Court or Grondwettelijk Hof in Dutch and Cour constitutionelle in French (consists of 12 judges - 6 Dutch-speaking and 6 French-speaking); Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie in Dutch and Cour de Cassation in French (court organized into 3 chambers: civil and commercial; criminal; social, fiscal, and armed forces; each chamber includes a Dutch division and a French division, each with a chairperson and 5-6 judges)</span></div>
1378
- <div><span class=category>judge selection and term of office: </span><span class=category_data>Constitutional Court judges appointed by the monarch from candidates submitted by Parliament; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 70; Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch from candidates submitted by the High Council of Justice, a 44-member independent body of judicial and non-judicial members; judges appointed for life</span></div>
1379
- <div><span class=category>subordinate courts: </span><span class=category_data>Courts of Appeal; regional courts; specialized courts for administrative, commercial, labor, and audit issues; magistrate's courts; justices of the peace</span></div>
1380
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2118&term=Political parties and leaders'>Political parties and leaders:</a><a href='../fields/2118.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1381
- <div><span class=category>Flemish parties: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1382
- <div class=category_data>Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&V [Wouter BEKE]</div>
1383
- <div class=category_data>Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD [Gwendolyn RUTTEN]</div>
1384
- <div class=category_data>Groen! [Meyren ALMACI] (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens)</div>
1385
- <div class=category_data>Libertarian, Direct, Democratic or LDD (formerly Dedecker's List) [Jean-Marie DEDECKER]</div>
1386
- <div class=category_data>New Flemish Alliance or N-VA [Bart DE WEVER]</div>
1387
- <div class=category_data>People's Party [Mischael MODRIKAMEN]</div>
1388
- <div class=category_data>Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A [Bruno TOBBACK]</div>
1389
- <div class=category_data>Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB [Tom VAN GRIEKEN]</div>
1390
- <div><span class=category>Francophone parties: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1391
- <div class=category_data>Ecolo (Francophone Greens) [Patrick DUPRIEZ and Zakia KHATTABI]</div>
1392
- <div class=category_data>Francophone Federalist Democrats or FDF [Olivier MAINGAIN]</div>
1393
- <div class=category_data>Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH [Benoit LUTGEN]</div>
1394
- <div class=category_data>People's Party [Mischael MODRIKAMEN]</div>
1395
- <div class=category_data>Reform Movement or MR [Olivier CHASTEL]</div>
1396
- <div class=category_data>Socialist Party or PS [Elio DI RUPO]</div>
1397
- <div class=category_data>Workers' Party [Peter Mertens]</div>
1398
- <div class=category_data>other minor parties</div>
1399
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2115&term=Political pressure groups and leaders'>Political pressure groups and leaders:</a><a href='../fields/2115.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1400
- <div class=category_data>Belgian General Federation of Labor [Rudy DE LEEUW, Marc GOBLET]</div>
1401
- <div class=category_data>Confederation of Christan Trade Unions [Marc LEEMANS, Marie-Helene SKA]</div>
1402
- <div class=category_data>Federation of Enterprises in Belgium [Pieter TIMMERMANS, Michele SIOEN]</div>
1403
- <div><span class=category>other: </span><span class=category_data>numerous other associations representing bankers, manufacturers, middle-class artisans, and the legal and medical professions; trade unions; various organizations representing the cultural interests of Flanders and Wallonia; various peace groups such as Pax Christi and groups representing immigrants</span></div>
1404
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2107&term=International organization participation'>International organization participation:</a><a href='../fields/2107.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1405
- <div class=category_data>ADB (nonregional members), AfDB (nonregional members), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC</div>
1406
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2149&term=Diplomatic representation in the US'>Diplomatic representation in the US:</a><a href='../fields/2149.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1407
- <div><span class=category>chief of mission: </span><span class=category_data>Ambassador Johan VERBEKE (since 10 March 2014)</span></div>
1408
- <div><span class=category>chancery: </span><span class=category_data>3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008</span></div>
1409
- <div><span class=category>telephone: </span><span class=category_data>[1] (202) 333-6900</span></div>
1410
- <div><span class=category>FAX: </span><span class=category_data>[1] (202) 333-3079</span></div>
1411
- <div><span class=category>consulate(s) general: </span><span class=category_data>Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York</span></div>
1412
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2007&term=Diplomatic representation from the US'>Diplomatic representation from the US:</a><a href='../fields/2007.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1413
- <div><span class=category>chief of mission: </span><span class=category_data>Ambassador Denise Campbell BAUER (since 26 September 2013)</span></div>
1414
- <div><span class=category>embassy: </span><span class=category_data>27 Boulevard du Regent [Regentlaan], B-1000 Brussels</span></div>
1415
- <div><span class=category>mailing address: </span><span class=category_data>PSC 82, Box 002, APO AE 09710</span></div>
1416
- <div><span class=category>telephone: </span><span class=category_data>[32] (2) 811-4000</span></div>
1417
- <div><span class=category>FAX: </span><span class=category_data>[32] (2) 811-4500</span></div>
1418
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2081&term=Flag description'>Flag description:</a><a href='../fields/2081.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1419
- <div class=category_data>three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the vertical design was based on the flag of France; the colors are those of the arms of the duchy of Brabant (yellow lion with red claws and tongue on a black field)</div>
1420
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2230&term=National symbol(s)'>National symbol(s):</a><a href='../fields/2230.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1421
- <div class=category_data>lion; national colors: red, black, yellow</div>
1422
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2218&term=National anthem'>National anthem:</a><a href='../fields/2218.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1423
- <div><span class=category>name: </span><span class=category_data>"La Brabanconne" (The Song of Brabant)</span></div>
1424
- <div><span class=category>lyrics/music: </span><span class=category_data>Louis-Alexandre DECHET[French] Victor CEULEMANS [Dutch]/Francois VAN CAMPENHOUT</span></div>
1425
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater in which the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe</span></div>
1426
- <div class='wrap'><div class='audio-player'><audio id='audio-player-1' class='my-audio-player' src='../anthems/BE.mp3' type='audio/mp3' controls='controls'></audio></div></div>
1427
- </li>
1428
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='Economy' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>Economy :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1429
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2116&term=Economy - overview'>Economy - overview:</a><a href='../fields/2116.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1430
- <div class=category_data>This modern, open, and private-enterprise-based economy has capitalized on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is concentrated mainly in the more heavily-populated region of Flanders in the north. With few natural resources, Belgium imports substantial quantities of raw materials and exports a large volume of manufactures, making its economy vulnerable to shifts in foreign demand, particularly in Belgium&rsquo;s EU trade partners. Roughly three-quarters of Belgium's trade is with other EU countries. In 2014 Belgian GDP grew by 0.9%, the unemployment rate stabilized at 8.5%, and the the budget deficit was 3.2% of GDP. Prime Minister Charles MICHEL&rsquo;s center-right government has pledged to further reduce the deficit in response to EU pressure to reduce Belgium&rsquo;s high public debt, which remains above 100% of GDP, but such efforts could also dampen economic growth. In addition to restrained public spending, low wage growth and high unemployment promise to curtail a more robust recovery in private consumption. The government has pledged to pursue an reform program to improve Belgium&rsquo;s competitiveness, including changes to tax policy, labor market rules, and welfare benefits. These changes risk worsening tensions with trade unions and triggering extended strikes.</div>
1431
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2001&term=GDP (purchasing power parity)'>GDP (purchasing power parity):</a><a href='../fields/2001.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1432
- <div class=category_data>$481.5 billion (2014 est.)</div>
1433
- <div class=category_data>$476.5 billion (2013 est.)</div>
1434
- <div class=category_data>$475.2 billion (2012 est.)</div>
1435
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>data are in 2014 US dollars</span></div>
1436
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2001rank.html#be'>39</a></span></div>
1437
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2195&term=GDP (official exchange rate)'>GDP (official exchange rate):</a><a href='../fields/2195.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1438
- <div class=category_data>$534.7 billion (2014 est.)</div>
1439
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2003&term=GDP - real growth rate'>GDP - real growth rate:</a><a href='../fields/2003.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1440
- <div class=category_data>1% (2014 est.)</div>
1441
- <div class=category_data>0.3% (2013 est.)</div>
1442
- <div class=category_data>0.1% (2012 est.)</div>
1443
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2003rank.html#be'>190</a></span></div>
1444
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2004&term=GDP - per capita (PPP)'>GDP - per capita (PPP):</a><a href='../fields/2004.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1445
- <div class=category_data>$43,000 (2014 est.)</div>
1446
- <div class=category_data>$42,500 (2013 est.)</div>
1447
- <div class=category_data>$42,400 (2012 est.)</div>
1448
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>data are in 2014 US dollars</span></div>
1449
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2004rank.html#be'>37</a></span></div>
1450
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2260&term=Gross national saving'>Gross national saving:</a><a href='../fields/2260.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1451
- <div class=category_data>23.5% of GDP (2014 est.)</div>
1452
- <div class=category_data>22.4% of GDP (2013 est.)</div>
1453
- <div class=category_data>22.8% of GDP (2012 est.)</div>
1454
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2260rank.html#be'>89</a></span></div>
1455
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2259&term=GDP - composition, by end use'>GDP - composition, by end use:</a><a href='../fields/2259.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1456
- <div><span class=category>household consumption: </span><span class=category_data>53.7%</span></div>
1457
- <div><span class=category>government consumption: </span><span class=category_data>25.5%</span></div>
1458
- <div><span class=category>investment in fixed capital: </span><span class=category_data>20.6%</span></div>
1459
- <div><span class=category>investment in inventories: </span><span class=category_data>0.4%</span></div>
1460
- <div><span class=category>exports of goods and services: </span><span class=category_data>85.9%</span></div>
1461
- <div><span class=category>imports of goods and services: </span><span class=category_data>-86%</span></div>
1462
- <div class=category_data> (2014 est.)</div>
1463
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2012&term=GDP - composition, by sector of origin'>GDP - composition, by sector of origin:</a><a href='../fields/2012.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1464
- <div><span class=category>agriculture: </span><span class=category_data>0.8%</span></div>
1465
- <div><span class=category>industry: </span><span class=category_data>21.1%</span></div>
1466
- <div><span class=category>services: </span><span class=category_data>78.1% (2014 est.)</span></div>
1467
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2052&term=Agriculture - products'>Agriculture - products:</a><a href='../fields/2052.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1468
- <div class=category_data>sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk</div>
1469
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2090&term=Industries'>Industries:</a><a href='../fields/2090.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1470
- <div class=category_data>engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, base metals, textiles, glass, petroleum</div>
1471
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2089&term=Industrial production growth rate'>Industrial production growth rate:</a><a href='../fields/2089.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1472
- <div class=category_data>0.2% (2014 est.)</div>
1473
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2089rank.html#be'>170</a></span></div>
1474
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2095&term=Labor force'>Labor force:</a><a href='../fields/2095.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1475
- <div class=category_data>5.225 million (2014 est.)</div>
1476
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2095rank.html#be'>75</a></span></div>
1477
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2048&term=Labor force - by occupation'>Labor force - by occupation:</a><a href='../fields/2048.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1478
- <div><span class=category>agriculture: </span><span class=category_data>1.3%</span></div>
1479
- <div><span class=category>industry: </span><span class=category_data>18.6%</span></div>
1480
- <div><span class=category>services: </span><span class=category_data>80.1% (2013 est.)</span></div>
1481
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2129&term=Unemployment rate'>Unemployment rate:</a><a href='../fields/2129.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1482
- <div class=category_data>8.5% (2014 est.)</div>
1483
- <div class=category_data>8.4% (2013 est.)</div>
1484
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2129rank.html#be'>95</a></span></div>
1485
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2046&term=Population below poverty line'>Population below poverty line:</a><a href='../fields/2046.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1486
- <div class=category_data>15.1% (2013 est.)</div>
1487
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2047&term=Household income or consumption by percentage share'>Household income or consumption by percentage share:</a><a href='../fields/2047.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1488
- <div><span class=category>lowest 10%: </span><span class=category_data>3.4%</span></div>
1489
- <div><span class=category>highest 10%: </span><span class=category_data>28.4% (2006)</span></div>
1490
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2172&term=Distribution of family income - Gini index'>Distribution of family income - Gini index:</a><a href='../fields/2172.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1491
- <div class=category_data>25.9 (2013 est.)</div>
1492
- <div class=category_data>28.7 (1996)</div>
1493
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2172rank.html#be'>133</a></span></div>
1494
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2056&term=Budget'>Budget:</a><a href='../fields/2056.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1495
- <div><span class=category>revenues: </span><span class=category_data>$267.9 billion</span></div>
1496
- <div><span class=category>expenditures: </span><span class=category_data>$280.8 billion (2014 est.)</span></div>
1497
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2221&term=Taxes and other revenues'>Taxes and other revenues:</a><a href='../fields/2221.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1498
- <div class=category_data>50.7% of GDP (2014 est.)</div>
1499
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2221rank.html#be'>13</a></span></div>
1500
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2222&term=Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)'>Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):</a><a href='../fields/2222.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1501
- <div class=category_data>-2.5% of GDP (2014 est.)</div>
1502
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2222rank.html#be'>97</a></span></div>
1503
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2186&term=Public debt'>Public debt:</a><a href='../fields/2186.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1504
- <div class=category_data>101.9% of GDP (2014 est.)</div>
1505
- <div class=category_data>101.2% of GDP (2013 est.)</div>
1506
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions; general government debt is defined by the Maastricht definition and calculated by the National Bank of Belgium as consolidated gross debt; the debt is defined in European Regulation EC479/2009 concerning the implementation of the protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty on European Union (Treaty of Maastricht) of 7 February 1992; the sub-sectors of consolidated gross debt are: federal government, communities and regions, local government, and social security funds</span></div>
1507
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2186rank.html#be'>12</a></span></div>
1508
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2080&term=Fiscal year'>Fiscal year:</a><a href='../fields/2080.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1509
- <div class=category_data>calendar year</div>
1510
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2092&term=Inflation rate (consumer prices)'>Inflation rate (consumer prices):</a><a href='../fields/2092.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1511
- <div class=category_data>0.5% (2014 est.)</div>
1512
- <div class=category_data>1.2% (2013 est.)</div>
1513
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2092rank.html#be'>45</a></span></div>
1514
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2207&term=Central bank discount rate'>Central bank discount rate:</a><a href='../fields/2207.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1515
- <div class=category_data>0.75% (31 December 2013)</div>
1516
- <div class=category_data>1.5% (31 December 2010)</div>
1517
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area</span></div>
1518
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2207rank.html#be'>132</a></span></div>
1519
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2208&term=Commercial bank prime lending rate'>Commercial bank prime lending rate:</a><a href='../fields/2208.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1520
- <div class=category_data>3.5% (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1521
- <div class=category_data>3.49% (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1522
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2208rank.html#be'>167</a></span></div>
1523
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2214&term=Stock of narrow money'>Stock of narrow money:</a><a href='../fields/2214.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1524
- <div class=category_data>$202.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1525
- <div class=category_data>$205.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1526
- <div><span class=category>note: </span><span class=category_data>see entry for the European Union for money supply for the entire euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 18 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money circulating within their own borders</span></div>
1527
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2214rank.html#be'>23</a></span></div>
1528
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2215&term=Stock of broad money'>Stock of broad money:</a><a href='../fields/2215.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1529
- <div class=category_data>$606.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1530
- <div class=category_data>$630.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1531
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2215rank.html#be'>21</a></span></div>
1532
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2211&term=Stock of domestic credit'>Stock of domestic credit:</a><a href='../fields/2211.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1533
- <div class=category_data>$568.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1534
- <div class=category_data>$596 billion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1535
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2211rank.html#be'>24</a></span></div>
1536
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2200&term=Market value of publicly traded shares'>Market value of publicly traded shares:</a><a href='../fields/2200.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1537
- <div class=category_data>$300.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.)</div>
1538
- <div class=category_data>$229.9 billion (31 December 2011)</div>
1539
- <div class=category_data>$269.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.)</div>
1540
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2200rank.html#be'>30</a></span></div>
1541
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2187&term=Current account balance'>Current account balance:</a><a href='../fields/2187.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1542
- <div class=category_data>$8.71 billion (2014 est.)</div>
1543
- <div class=category_data>-$9.661 billion (2013 est.)</div>
1544
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2187rank.html#be'>179</a></span></div>
1545
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2078&term=Exports'>Exports:</a><a href='../fields/2078.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1546
- <div class=category_data>$323.4 billion (2014 est.)</div>
1547
- <div class=category_data>$321 billion (2013 est.)</div>
1548
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2078rank.html#be'>20</a></span></div>
1549
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2049&term=Exports - commodities'>Exports - commodities:</a><a href='../fields/2049.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1550
- <div class=category_data>chemicals, machinery and equipment, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs</div>
1551
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2050&term=Exports - partners'>Exports - partners:</a><a href='../fields/2050.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1552
- <div class=category_data>Germany 17.3%, France 16.2%, Netherlands 12.2%, UK 8.6%, US 4.9%, Italy 4.5% (2014)</div>
1553
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2087&term=Imports'>Imports:</a><a href='../fields/2087.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1554
- <div class=category_data>$340.2 billion (2014 est.)</div>
1555
- <div class=category_data>$331.2 billion (2013 est.)</div>
1556
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2087rank.html#be'>16</a></span></div>
1557
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2058&term=Imports - commodities'>Imports - commodities:</a><a href='../fields/2058.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1558
- <div class=category_data>raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products</div>
1559
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2061&term=Imports - partners'>Imports - partners:</a><a href='../fields/2061.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1560
- <div class=category_data>Netherlands 20.2%, Germany 13.3%, France 10.3%, US 7.1%, UK 5% (2014)</div>
1561
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2188&term=Reserves of foreign exchange and gold'>Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:</a><a href='../fields/2188.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1562
- <div class=category_data>$26.92 billion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1563
- <div class=category_data>$26.92 billion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1564
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2188rank.html#be'>53</a></span></div>
1565
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2079&term=Debt - external'>Debt - external:</a><a href='../fields/2079.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1566
- <div class=category_data>$1.424 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)</div>
1567
- <div class=category_data>$1.417 trillion (31 December 2011)</div>
1568
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2079rank.html#be'>14</a></span></div>
1569
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2198&term=Stock of direct foreign investment - at home'>Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:</a><a href='../fields/2198.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1570
- <div class=category_data>$1.196 trillion (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1571
- <div class=category_data>$1.169 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1572
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2198rank.html#be'>6</a></span></div>
1573
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2199&term=Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad'>Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:</a><a href='../fields/2199.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1574
- <div class=category_data>$1.077 trillion (31 December 2014 est.)</div>
1575
- <div class=category_data>$1.084 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)</div>
1576
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2199rank.html#be'>9</a></span></div>
1577
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2076&term=Exchange rates'>Exchange rates:</a><a href='../fields/2076.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1578
- <div class=category_data>euros (EUR) per US dollar -</div>
1579
- <div class=category_data>0.7489 (2014 est.)</div>
1580
- <div class=category_data>0.7634 (2013 est.)</div>
1581
- <div class=category_data>0.78 (2012 est.)</div>
1582
- <div class=category_data>0.7185 (2011 est.)</div>
1583
- <div class=category_data>0.755 (2010 est.)</div>
1584
- </li>
1585
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='Energy' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>Energy :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1586
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2232&term=Electricity - production'>Electricity - production:</a><a href='../fields/2232.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1587
- <div class=category_data>74.13 billion kWh (2012 est.)</div>
1588
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2232rank.html#be'>38</a></span></div>
1589
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2233&term=Electricity - consumption'>Electricity - consumption:</a><a href='../fields/2233.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1590
- <div class=category_data>83.16 billion kWh (2011 est.)</div>
1591
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2233rank.html#be'>34</a></span></div>
1592
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2234&term=Electricity - exports'>Electricity - exports:</a><a href='../fields/2234.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1593
- <div class=category_data>7.603 billion kWh (2013 est.)</div>
1594
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2234rank.html#be'>26</a></span></div>
1595
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2235&term=Electricity - imports'>Electricity - imports:</a><a href='../fields/2235.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1596
- <div class=category_data>17.24 billion kWh (2013 est.)</div>
1597
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2235rank.html#be'>11</a></span></div>
1598
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2236&term=Electricity - installed generating capacity'>Electricity - installed generating capacity:</a><a href='../fields/2236.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1599
- <div class=category_data>20.79 million kW (2011 est.)</div>
1600
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2236rank.html#be'>38</a></span></div>
1601
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2237&term=Electricity - from fossil fuels'>Electricity - from fossil fuels:</a><a href='../fields/2237.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1602
- <div class=category_data>46.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)</div>
1603
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2237rank.html#be'>160</a></span></div>
1604
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2239&term=Electricity - from nuclear fuels'>Electricity - from nuclear fuels:</a><a href='../fields/2239.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1605
- <div class=category_data>30.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)</div>
1606
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2239rank.html#be'>2</a></span></div>
1607
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2238&term=Electricity - from hydroelectric plants'>Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:</a><a href='../fields/2238.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1608
- <div class=category_data>0.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)</div>
1609
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2238rank.html#be'>144</a></span></div>
1610
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2240&term=Electricity - from other renewable sources'>Electricity - from other renewable sources:</a><a href='../fields/2240.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1611
- <div class=category_data>22.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)</div>
1612
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2240rank.html#be'>9</a></span></div>
1613
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2241&term=Crude oil - production'>Crude oil - production:</a><a href='../fields/2241.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1614
- <div class=category_data>0 bbl/day (2013 est.)</div>
1615
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2241rank.html#be'>154</a></span></div>
1616
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2242&term=Crude oil - exports'>Crude oil - exports:</a><a href='../fields/2242.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1617
- <div class=category_data>0 bbl/day (2012 est.)</div>
1618
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2242rank.html#be'>81</a></span></div>
1619
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2243&term=Crude oil - imports'>Crude oil - imports:</a><a href='../fields/2243.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1620
- <div class=category_data>634,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)</div>
1621
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2243rank.html#be'>16</a></span></div>
1622
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2244&term=Crude oil - proved reserves'>Crude oil - proved reserves:</a><a href='../fields/2244.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1623
- <div class=category_data>0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)</div>
1624
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2244rank.html#be'>108</a></span></div>
1625
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2245&term=Refined petroleum products - production'>Refined petroleum products - production:</a><a href='../fields/2245.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1626
- <div class=category_data>715,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)</div>
1627
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2245rank.html#be'>25</a></span></div>
1628
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2246&term=Refined petroleum products - consumption'>Refined petroleum products - consumption:</a><a href='../fields/2246.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1629
- <div class=category_data>612,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)</div>
1630
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2246rank.html#be'>31</a></span></div>
1631
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2247&term=Refined petroleum products - exports'>Refined petroleum products - exports:</a><a href='../fields/2247.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1632
- <div class=category_data>442,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)</div>
1633
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2247rank.html#be'>16</a></span></div>
1634
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2248&term=Refined petroleum products - imports'>Refined petroleum products - imports:</a><a href='../fields/2248.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1635
- <div class=category_data>433,100 bbl/day (2010 est.)</div>
1636
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2248rank.html#be'>14</a></span></div>
1637
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2249&term=Natural gas - production'>Natural gas - production:</a><a href='../fields/2249.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1638
- <div class=category_data>0 cu m (2012 est.)</div>
1639
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2249rank.html#be'>104</a></span></div>
1640
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2250&term=Natural gas - consumption'>Natural gas - consumption:</a><a href='../fields/2250.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1641
- <div class=category_data>17.63 billion cu m (2013 est.)</div>
1642
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2250rank.html#be'>40</a></span></div>
1643
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2251&term=Natural gas - exports'>Natural gas - exports:</a><a href='../fields/2251.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1644
- <div class=category_data>5.613 billion cu m (2013 est.)</div>
1645
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2251rank.html#be'>29</a></span></div>
1646
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2252&term=Natural gas - imports'>Natural gas - imports:</a><a href='../fields/2252.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1647
- <div class=category_data>23.33 billion cu m (2013 est.)</div>
1648
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2252rank.html#be'>14</a></span></div>
1649
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2253&term=Natural gas - proved reserves'>Natural gas - proved reserves:</a><a href='../fields/2253.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1650
- <div class=category_data>0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)</div>
1651
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2253rank.html#be'>112</a></span></div>
1652
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2254&term=Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy'>Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:</a><a href='../fields/2254.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1653
- <div class=category_data>139.1 million Mt (2012 est.)</div>
1654
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2254rank.html#be'>35</a></span></div>
1655
- </li>
1656
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='Communications' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>Communications :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1657
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2150&term=Telephones - fixed lines'>Telephones - fixed lines:</a><a href='../fields/2150.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1658
- <div><span class=category>total subscriptions: </span><span class=category_data>4.7 million</span></div>
1659
- <div><span class=category>subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: </span><span class=category_data>42 (2014 est.)</span></div>
1660
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2150rank.html#be'>32</a></span></div>
1661
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2151&term=Telephones - mobile cellular'>Telephones - mobile cellular:</a><a href='../fields/2151.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1662
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>12.7 million</span></div>
1663
- <div><span class=category>subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: </span><span class=category_data>113 (2014 est.)</span></div>
1664
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2151rank.html#be'>73</a></span></div>
1665
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2124&term=Telephone system'>Telephone system:</a><a href='../fields/2124.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1666
- <div><span class=category>general assessment: </span><span class=category_data>highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities</span></div>
1667
- <div><span class=category>domestic: </span><span class=category_data>nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network</span></div>
1668
- <div><span class=category>international: </span><span class=category_data>country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007)</span></div>
1669
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2213&term=Broadcast media'>Broadcast media:</a><a href='../fields/2213.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1670
- <div class=category_data>a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters (2007)</div>
1671
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2013&term=Radio broadcast stations'>Radio broadcast stations:</a><a href='../fields/2013.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1672
- <div class=category_data>AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998)</div>
1673
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2015&term=Television broadcast stations'>Television broadcast stations:</a><a href='../fields/2015.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1674
- <div class=category_data>25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)</div>
1675
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2154&term=Internet country code'>Internet country code:</a><a href='../fields/2154.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1676
- <div class=category_data>.be</div>
1677
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2153&term=Internet users'>Internet users:</a><a href='../fields/2153.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1678
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>9.5 million</span></div>
1679
- <div><span class=category>percent of population: </span><span class=category_data>84.7% (2014 est.)</span></div>
1680
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2153rank.html#be'>46</a></span></div>
1681
- </li>
1682
- <li><h2 class='question question-back eur_med' sectiontitle='Transportation' ccode='be' style='border-bottom: 2px solid white; cursor: pointer;'>Transportation :: <span class='region'>BELGIUM </span></h2></li><li>
1683
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2053&term=Airports'>Airports:</a><a href='../fields/2053.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1684
- <div class=category_data>41 (2013)</div>
1685
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2053rank.html#be'>102</a></span></div>
1686
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2030&term=Airports - with paved runways'>Airports - with paved runways:</a><a href='../fields/2030.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1687
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>26</span></div>
1688
- <div><span class=category>over 3,047 m: </span><span class=category_data>6</span></div>
1689
- <div><span class=category>2,438 to 3,047 m: </span><span class=category_data>9</span></div>
1690
- <div><span class=category>1,524 to 2,437 m: </span><span class=category_data>2</span></div>
1691
- <div><span class=category>914 to 1,523 m: </span><span class=category_data>1</span></div>
1692
- <div><span class=category>under 914 m: </span><span class=category_data>8 (2013)</span></div>
1693
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2031&term=Airports - with unpaved runways'>Airports - with unpaved runways:</a><a href='../fields/2031.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1694
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>15</span></div>
1695
- <div><span class=category>under 914 m: </span><span class=category_data></span></div>
1696
- <div class=category_data>15 (2013)</div>
1697
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2019&term=Heliports'>Heliports:</a><a href='../fields/2019.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1698
- <div class=category_data>1 (2013)</div>
1699
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2117&term=Pipelines'>Pipelines:</a><a href='../fields/2117.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1700
- <div class=category_data>gas 3,139 km; oil 154 km; refined products 535 km (2013)</div>
1701
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2121&term=Railways'>Railways:</a><a href='../fields/2121.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1702
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>3,592 km</span></div>
1703
- <div><span class=category>standard gauge: </span><span class=category_data>3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)</span></div>
1704
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2121rank.html#be'>55</a></span></div>
1705
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1706
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>154,012 km</span></div>
1707
- <div><span class=category>paved: </span><span class=category_data>120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)</span></div>
1708
- <div><span class=category>unpaved: </span><span class=category_data>33,498 km (2010)</span></div>
1709
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1710
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1711
- <div class=category_data>2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)</div>
1712
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1713
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2108&term=Merchant marine'>Merchant marine:</a><a href='../fields/2108.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1714
- <div><span class=category>total: </span><span class=category_data>87</span></div>
1715
- <div><span class=category>by type: </span><span class=category_data>bulk carrier 23, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas 23, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 7</span></div>
1716
- <div><span class=category>foreign-owned: </span><span class=category_data>15 (Denmark 4, France 7, Russia 1, UK 2, US 1)</span></div>
1717
- <div><span class=category>registered in other countries: </span><span class=category_data>107 (Bahamas 6, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 3, France 7, Gibraltar 1, Greece 17, Hong Kong 26, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 11, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, North Korea 1, Panama 1, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7, Singapore 1, Vanuatu 1) (2010)</span></div>
1718
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2108rank.html#be'>56</a></span></div>
1719
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2120&term=Ports and terminals'>Ports and terminals:</a><a href='../fields/2120.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1720
- <div><span class=category>major seaport(s): </span><span class=category_data>Oostende, Zeebrugge</span></div>
1721
- <div><span class=category>river port(s): </span><span class=category_data>Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River); Brussels (Senne River); Liege (Meuse River)</span></div>
1722
- <div><span class=category>container port(s) (TEUs): </span><span class=category_data>Antwerp (8,664,243), Zeebrugge (2,207,257) (2011)</span></div>
1723
- <div><span class=category>LNG terminal(s) (import): </span><span class=category_data>Zeebrugge</span></div>
1724
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1726
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1727
- <div class=category_data>Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations Command, Air Operations Command (2012)</div>
1728
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1729
- <div class=category_data>18 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 1994 (2012)</div>
1730
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1731
- <div><span class=category>males age 16-49: </span><span class=category_data>2,359,232</span></div>
1732
- <div><span class=category>females age 16-49: </span><span class=category_data>2,291,689 (2010 est.)</span></div>
1733
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1734
- <div><span class=category>males age 16-49: </span><span class=category_data>1,934,957</span></div>
1735
- <div><span class=category>females age 16-49: </span><span class=category_data>1,877,268 (2010 est.)</span></div>
1736
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1737
- <div><span class=category>male: </span><span class=category_data>59,665</span></div>
1738
- <div><span class=category>female: </span><span class=category_data>57,142 (2010 est.)</span></div>
1739
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2034&term=Military expenditures'>Military expenditures:</a><a href='../fields/2034.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1740
- <div class=category_data>1% of GDP (2013)</div>
1741
- <div class=category_data>1.05% of GDP (2012)</div>
1742
- <div class=category_data>1.08% of GDP (2011)</div>
1743
- <div class=category_data>1.05% of GDP (2010)</div>
1744
- <div><span class='category'>country comparison to the world: </span><span class='category_data'><a href='../rankorder/2034rank.html#be'>97</a></span></div>
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1747
- <div id='field' class='category eur_light' style='padding-left:5px;'><a href='../docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2070&term=Disputes - international'>Disputes - international:</a><a href='../fields/2070.html#be'><img style='float: right;padding: 4px; border: 0; text-decoration:none;' src='../graphics/field_listing_on.gif'></a></div>
1748
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1749
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1750
- <div><span class=category>refugees (country of origin): </span><span class=category_data>5,038 (Afghanistan) (2014)</span></div>
1751
- <div><span class=category>stateless persons: </span><span class=category_data>2,554 (2014)</span></div>
1752
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1753
- <div class=category_data>growing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite a strengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, and tobacco; significant domestic consumption of ecstasy</div>
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