Belgium, year by year

Every index this site holds for Belgium, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.814 → 0.942 (+0.128)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth79 → 82.3 (+3.3)

Internet users62 → 96 (+34)

Urban population84 → 88 (+4)

Births per woman1.76 → 1.44 (-0.32)

Renewable share of energy2 → 12 (+10)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality4 → 3 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person11.4 → 7.3 (-4)

Forest area22 → 23 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.814	76.0	—	—	1.62	1	100	8	11.6	—	—	—
1991	0.818	76.2	0	79	1.66	1	100	8	12.0	—	—	—
1992	0.835	76.3	0	79	1.65	1	100	8	11.7	—	—	—
1993	0.849	76.3	0	80	1.61	1	100	7	11.5	—	—	—
1994	0.857	76.7	1	80	1.56	1	100	7	12.1	—	—	—
1995	0.864	76.8	1	80	1.56	1	100	6	12.1	—	—	—
1996	0.870	77.2	3	81	1.59	1	100	6	12.5	—	—	—
1997	0.874	77.4	5	81	1.60	1	100	6	12.2	—	—	—
1998	0.876	77.5	8	81	1.60	1	100	5	12.5	—	—	—
1999	0.879	77.6	14	82	1.62	1	100	5	12.0	—	—	—
2000	0.884	77.7	29	82	1.67	1	100	5	12.2	22.0	—	—
2001	0.889	78.0	31	82	1.67	2	100	5	12.2	22.1	—	—
2002	0.891	78.1	46	83	1.65	2	100	5	11.5	22.1	—	—
2003	0.893	78.1	50	83	1.67	2	100	4	11.9	22.2	—	—
2004	0.899	78.9	54	83	1.72	2	100	4	11.7	22.3	—	—
2005	0.901	79.0	56	84	1.76	3	100	4	11.4	22.4	—	—
2006	0.904	79.4	62	84	1.80	3	100	4	11.0	22.4	38705	35251
2007	0.907	79.8	67	84	1.82	3	100	4	10.6	22.5	44319	36798
2008	0.909	79.7	69	84	1.85	4	100	4	10.7	22.6	48303	37883
2009	0.910	80.0	75	85	1.84	5	100	4	9.9	22.7	44923	37906
2010	0.913	80.2	78	85	1.86	6	100	4	10.6	22.7	44197	39840
2011	0.914	80.6	82	85	1.81	7	100	4	9.5	22.7	47761	41245
2012	0.915	80.4	81	85	1.80	8	100	4	9.3	22.7	44874	42484
2013	0.917	80.6	82	86	1.76	8	100	4	9.3	22.7	46965	43864
2014	0.922	81.3	85	86	1.74	9	100	3	8.7	22.7	47996	45148
2015	0.924	81.0	85	86	1.70	9	100	3	9.1	22.7	40894	46072
2016	0.927	81.4	87	86	1.68	9	100	3	8.9	22.7	41855	48415
2017	0.931	81.5	88	87	1.65	10	100	3	8.8	22.7	44035	50256
2018	0.933	81.6	89	87	1.62	11	100	3	8.8	22.6	47487	52467
2019	0.936	82.0	90	87	1.60	10	100	3	8.7	22.6	46717	56712
2020	0.930	80.7	92	87	1.55	12	100	3	8.0	22.6	45906	56120
2021	0.938	81.8	93	87	1.60	12	100	3	8.3	22.6	51658	60669
2022	0.942	81.8	94	87	1.53	—	100	3	7.7	22.6	50639	68879
2023	—	82.4	95	88	1.47	—	100	3	7.3	22.6	55245	72630
2024	—	82.3	96	88	1.44	—	100	3	7.3	—	56582	74225
2025	—	—	—	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	60750	74676
Profile shows	0.942	82.3	96	88	1.44	12	—	—	7.3	22.6	60750	74676

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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