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System of government | constitutional monarchy based on parlamentarism |
Country code | BE, BEL |
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Capital city | Brussels |
Currency | Euro (EUR) |
Predominant religion | Catholic Christianity |
Membership | UN WTO MMF EU NATO Schengen Area Euro OECD EEA OSCE CoE |
Population | 11 428 164 people (78. place in the world) |
Area | 32 545 km2 (137. place in the world) |
Density | 351 people per km2 (23. place in the world) |
GDP per capita | 49 366 USD per capita (20. place in the world) |
Peacefulness | GPI Global Peace Index 1,533 (18. place in the world) |
Corruption | CPI Corruption Perceptions Index 75 (16. place in the world) |
Human development | HDI Human Development Index 0,916 (16. place in the world) |
Economy freedom | EFI Economy Freedom Index 67,3 (45. place in the world) |
Life expectancy | 81,3 years (23. place in the world) |
Income iequality | Gini coefficient 27,7 (13. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions | 104,221 Mt CO2/year (37. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions per km2 | 3 202 t CO2/km2/year (14. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions per capita | 9,1 t CO2/per capita/year (29. place in the world) |