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

Human development rose from 0.824 in 1990 to 0.951 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 82.3 years2024at birthUp 3.3 years from 79 years in 2005
Internet users: 96%2024of people onlineUp 34 points from 62% in 2006
Urban population: 88%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 4 points from 84% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.442024births per womanDown 0.32 from 1.76 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 12%2021of energy usedUp 10 points from 2% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 32024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 1 from 4 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 7.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 4 t from 11.4 t in 2005
Forest area: 23%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.824	76.0	—	—	1.62	1.3	100	8	11.6	—	—	—
1991	0.829	76.2	0.0	78.9	1.66	1.2	100	8	12.0	—	—	—
1992	0.845	76.3	0.1	79.3	1.65	1.2	100	8	11.7	—	—	—
1993	0.860	76.3	0.2	79.6	1.61	1.0	100	7	11.5	—	—	—
1994	0.868	76.7	0.7	80.0	1.56	0.9	100	7	12.1	—	—	—
1995	0.875	76.8	1.0	80.3	1.56	1.3	100	6	12.1	—	—	—
1996	0.881	77.2	3.0	80.7	1.59	1.2	100	6	12.5	—	—	—
1997	0.884	77.4	4.9	81.0	1.60	1.1	100	6	12.2	—	—	—
1998	0.886	77.5	7.9	81.4	1.60	1.3	100	5	12.5	—	—	—
1999	0.889	77.6	13.8	81.7	1.62	1.4	100	5	12.0	—	—	—
2000	0.894	77.7	29.4	82.0	1.67	1.4	100	5	12.2	22.0	—	—
2001	0.899	78.0	31.3	82.3	1.67	1.6	100	5	12.2	22.1	—	—
2002	0.901	78.1	46.3	82.7	1.65	1.7	100	5	11.5	22.1	—	—
2003	0.903	78.1	50.0	83.0	1.67	1.9	100	4	11.9	22.2	—	—
2004	0.909	78.9	53.9	83.3	1.72	2.0	100	4	11.7	22.3	—	—
2005	0.911	79.0	55.8	83.6	1.76	2.5	100	4	11.4	22.4	—	—
2006	0.913	79.4	62.0	83.9	1.80	2.9	100	4	11.0	22.4	38705	35251
2007	0.916	79.8	66.8	84.2	1.82	3.4	100	4	10.6	22.5	44319	36798
2008	0.917	79.7	68.9	84.4	1.85	4.0	100	4	10.7	22.6	48303	37883
2009	0.919	80.0	74.5	84.7	1.84	4.9	100	4	9.9	22.7	44923	37906
2010	0.921	80.2	77.6	85.0	1.86	6.2	100	4	10.6	22.7	44197	39840
2011	0.923	80.6	81.6	85.2	1.81	6.7	100	4	9.5	22.7	47761	41245
2012	0.923	80.4	80.7	85.5	1.80	7.7	100	4	9.3	22.7	44874	42484
2013	0.925	80.6	82.2	85.7	1.76	8.3	100	4	9.3	22.7	46965	43864
2014	0.930	81.3	85.0	86.0	1.74	9.1	100	3	8.7	22.7	47996	45148
2015	0.933	81.0	85.0	86.2	1.70	9.4	100	3	9.1	22.7	40894	46072
2016	0.936	81.4	86.5	86.5	1.68	9.2	100	3	8.9	22.7	41855	48415
2017	0.940	81.5	87.7	86.7	1.65	9.7	100	3	8.8	22.7	44035	50256
2018	0.942	81.6	88.7	86.9	1.62	10.7	100	3	8.8	22.6	47487	52467
2019	0.945	82.0	90.3	87.1	1.60	10.2	100	3	8.7	22.6	46717	56712
2020	0.939	80.7	91.5	87.3	1.55	12.3	100	3	8.0	22.6	45906	56120
2021	0.948	81.8	92.8	87.4	1.60	11.7	100	3	8.3	22.6	51658	60669
2022	0.945	81.8	94.0	87.5	1.53	—	100	3	7.7	22.6	50639	68879
2023	0.951	82.4	94.6	87.5	1.47	—	100	3	7.3	22.6	55245	72630
2024	—	82.3	95.8	87.6	1.44	—	100	3	7.3	—	56582	74225
2025	—	—	—	87.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	60750	74676
On the profile	0.951	82.3	95.8	87.7	1.44	11.7	—	—	7.3	22.6	60750	74676

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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