This PESTLE country analysis report on Belgium provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Belgium through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Belgium through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Belgium through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Belgium through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Belgium through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Belgium through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Belgium, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Belgium 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to Buy
- What is the outlook in Belgium in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Belgium perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Belgium perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Belgium perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Key findings
- PESTLE highlights
- Key macroeconomic updates
- Key economic updates
- Key fundamentals
- Key Facts and Geographic Location
- Key facts
- Geographic location
- PESTLE Analysis
- Summary
- Political analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Economic analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Social analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Technological analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Legal analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Environmental analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Political Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Key political figures
- Structure of government
- Key political parties
- Composition of government
- Key policies
- Performance
- Governance indicators
- Outlook
- Economic Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Pre 1945
- 1946-90
- 1991 onwards
- Structure and policies
- Financial authorities and regulators
- Performance
- GDP and GDP growth rate
- GDP composition by sector
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Services
- Fiscal situation
- International trade
- Government debt
- Current account
- International investment position
- Monetary situation
- Employment
- Outlook
- Social Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Demographic composition
- Healthcare
- Education
- Performance
- Healthcare
- Education
- Outlook
- Technological Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Performance
- Mobile and internet users
- Outlook
- Legal Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Judicial system
- Tax regulations
- Performance
- Effectiveness of legal system
- Outlook
- Environmental Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Performance
- Environmental impact
- Outlook
- About the Publisher
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Table 1: Key fundamentals, 2020-27f
Table 2: Key facts, 2024
Table 3: Analysis of political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of economic landscape
Table 5: Analysis of social landscape
Table 6: Analysis of technological landscape
Table 7: Analysis of legal landscape
Table 8: Analysis of environmental landscape
Table 9: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2022
List of Figures
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of Belgium, 2024
Figure 3: Labor productivity in terms of GDP per hour worked ($), 2022
Figure 4: Household debt (% of net disposable income), 2022 or latest available data
Figure 5: Belgium’s export destinations share as % of total exports, 2022
Figure 6: Gini coefficient, 2022
Figure 7: Social benefits to households (in cash), 2022
Figure 8: Tertiary education attainment (population aged 25-64), 2022
Figure 9: Female labor force participation rate, 2022
Figure 10: Old-age dependency ratio, 2050
Figure 11: High-technology exports (percentage of manufactured exports), 2022
Figure 12: FDI regulatory restrictiveness index, 2020
Figure 13: Tax wedge across OECD nations, 2022
Figure 14: Share of energy from renewable sources, 2022
Figure 15: Municipal waste generation, 2021
Figure 16: Environmental tax as a percentage of GDP, 2021
Figure 17: Timeline of key political events
Figure 18: Key political figures
Figure 19: Chamber of representatives, composition as of August 2023
Figure 20: Historical GDP growth rate, 2012-22
Figure 21: Real GDP and GDP growth rate, 2018-27f
Figure 22: GDP composition by sector, 2022
Figure 23: Agricultural output, 2018-23f
Figure 24: Industrial output, 2018-23f
Figure 25: Services output, 2018-23f
Figure 26: Growth in volume of exports and imports, 2018-27f
Figure 27: Consumer price index and inflation rate, 2018-27f
Figure 28: Unemployment rate, 2018-27f
Figure 29: Major religions, 2018 est.
Figure 30: Government expenditure on healthcare, 2018-27f
Figure 31: Government expenditure on education, 2018-27f
Figure 32: Internet users, 2018-23f
Figure 33: CO2 emissions, 2012-22
