Belgium's hdi rose from 0.9 in 1994 to 1.0 in 2023.
Belgium · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
Belgium's life satisfaction fell from 7.1 in 2011 to 6.9 in 2025.
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- Life expectancydown −0.1 yrs31st of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthup +0.5 yrs21st of 185
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- Gini indexup +1.5 %6th of 57
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −16.1 %35th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −65.0 %36th of 116
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.0 pts25th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +1.1 pts20th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs8th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.2 pts110th of 185
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- Housing cost overburden rateunchanged +0.0 pts18th of 30
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts24th of 184