Belgium

Country Profile: Human Development Indicators

Human Development Index
Ranking 17
Year Belgium Very high human development OECD World
2012 0.897  0.905  0.888  0.694  
2011 0.897  0.904  0.887  0.692  
2010 0.896  0.902  0.886  0.690  
2009 0.893  0.898  0.882  0.685  
2008 0.894  0.898  0.881  0.683  
2007 0.891  0.896  0.879  0.678  
2006 0.888  0.892  0.875  0.672  
2005 0.884  0.889  0.871  0.666  
2000 0.884  0.867  0.849  0.639  
1995 n.a. n.a.  0.824  0.618  
1990 0.817  0.817  0.800  0.600  
1985 n.a. n.a.  0.776  0.578  
1980 0.764  0.773  0.756  0.561  




















Composite indices
Indicator Value Notes
Non-income HDI value 0.917


Innovation and technology
Indicator Value Notes
Fixed and mobile telephone subscribers per 100 people (per100 people) 154.1


Trade, economy and income
Indicator Value Notes
GDP per capita (2005 PPP $) 33,127
Income index 0.858
 
Footnotes
1. Data refer to 2011 or the most recent year available.
2. Updated by HDRO based on UNESCO (2012) data.
3. Data refer to 2010 or the most recent year available.
4. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
5. The list of surveys used for estimation of inequalities is given at http://hdr.undp.org.
6. The list of surveys used for estimation of inequalities is given at http://hdr.undp.org.
7. Estimates have been computed to ensure comparability across countries; thus they are not necessarily the same as official statistics of the countries, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
8. Data were computed to ensure comparability across countries and are thus not necessarily the same as official country statistics, which may be based on alternative rigorous methods. Data are rounded according to the following scheme: less than 100, no rounding; 100–999, rounded to the nearest 10; and greater than 1,000, rounded to the nearest 100.
9. Projections based on medium-fertility variant.
 
n.a. Data not available






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Human Development Index: Trends 1980 - present

 

The Human Development Index - going beyond income

Each year since 1990 the Human Development Report has published the Human Development Index (HDI) which was introduced as an alternative to conventional measures of national development, such as level of income and the rate of economic growth. The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. Between 1980 and 2012 Belgium's HDI rose by 0.7% annually from 0.764 to 0.897 today, which gives the country a rank of 17 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of OECD as a region increased from 0.756 in 1980 to 0.888 today, placing Belgium above the regional average. The HDI trends tell an important story both at the national and regional level and highlight the very large gaps in well-being and life chances that continue to divide our interconnected world. Learn more

 

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