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- Largest city: Brussels
- Capital city: Brussels
- Major language: Dutch, French, German
- Major religion: Christianity
- Currency: € Euro
- Country Size: 30,280 sq km
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- France: 620 km
- Germany: 167 km
- Luxembourg: 148 km
- Netherlands: 450 km
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- GDP Per capita: 46 701 US$ (2016)
- Tax on personal income: 12.6 % (2015)
- Gross domestic spending on R&D: 2.5% of GDP
- Unemployment: 7.8 % of labour force (2016)
- CO2 emissions: 7.8 tonnes per capita
- Government debt: 127.6 % of GDP (2016)
- Household debt: 114.5 % of disposable income
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- General government spending: 53.9% of GDP (2015)
- Government reserves: 11 731.6 SDR millions (2014)
- Tax on corporate profits: 3.4% of GDP (2015)
- Tax revenue: $17 899 (2015)
- Tax wedge: 54.0 Total (2016)
[/mk_custom_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-percent”]Belgium’s GDP expanded by 0.6% on quarter in the first quarter of 2017[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_custom_list title=”Technology” style=”mk-li-phone”]
- Internet access: 81.8 % (2015)
- Wireless mobile broadband subscriptions: 68.3% (2016)
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- Crude oil production: 0.0 (2015)
- Infrastructure investment: 127 000 000.00 Euros (2015)
- Passenger transport: 131 348.0 Million passenger-kilometres (2013)
- Primary energy supply: 0.12 Toe/1 000 US dollars (2015)
- Road accidents: 65 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants (2015)
[/mk_custom_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-percent”]GDP Annual Growth Rate in Belgium averaged 2.25% from 1981 until 2017.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text title=”World Average Wages” css=”.vc_custom_1528381490532{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Average wages are obtained by dividing the national-accounts-based total wage bill by the average number of employees in the total economy. Records year: 2016.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text title=”Predication of The Belgium Labour” css=”.vc_custom_1528381628542{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]According to the econometric models, the population of Belgium is set to project to around 11.40 Million in 2020 however by 2060, it should reach 13.1 million.
The predictions include a significant increase in the total number of households in Belgium.
As the number of single-parent families continues to rise, by as much as 23.5% by 2060.
Predication of The Belgium Labour from 2017 to 202
| BELGIUM LABOUR | LAST | Q3/17 | Q4/17 | Q1/18 | Q2/18 | 2020 |
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| Unemployment Rate | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| Employed Persons | 3979 | 3986 | 3985 | 3988 | 3988 | 3990 |
| Unemployed Persons | 336031 | 352695 | 349187 | 349226 | 348886 | 349160 |
| Labor Force Participation Rate | 68.4 | 67.74 | 68.07 | 67.85 | 67.75 | 67.86 |
| Long Term Unemployment Rate | 3.7 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 3.5 | 3.48 | 3.4 |
| Youth Unemployment Rate | 21.5 | 21.1 | 21.06 | 21.07 | 21.07 | 21.07 |
| Labour Costs | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Job Vacancies | 123689 | 128417 | 130865 | 136879 | 139724 | 155087 |
| Minimum Wages | 1532 | 1538 | 1532 | 1543 | 1545 | 1585 |
| Wage Growth | 1.7 | 0.78 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 1.15 | 1.1 |
| Population | 11.31 | 11.33 | 11.33 | 11.39 | 11.39 | 11.5 |
| Retirement Age Women | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| Retirement Age Men | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Employment Change | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Employment Rate | 63.4 | 63.07 | 63.4 | 63.35 | 63.35 | 63.49 |
| Full Time Employment | 3468 | 3470 | 3476 | 3475 | 3475 | 3476 |
| Productivity | 93.8 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Wages High Skilled | 3020 | 3089 | 3090 | 3091 | 3091 | 3092 |
| Wages In Manufacturing | 123 | 105 | 123 | 105 | 123 | 123 |
| Wages Low Skilled | 1850 | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
| Part Time Employment | 1159 | 1150 | 1176 | 1172 | 1176 | 1234 |
| Living Wage Family | 1342 | 1347 | 1347 | 1347 | 1347 | 1347 |
| Living Wage Individual | 1124 | 1135 | 1135 | 1135 | 1135 | 1135 |
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