Demographics
Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830. Its private-enterprise economy has capitalised on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base.
With few natural resources, Belgium’s economy is unusually dependent on the
state of world markets. Roughly three-quarters of its trade is with other EU
countries.
Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between
France and the Netherlands.
Capital city: Brussels
Population: 10,392,227 (July 2007 est.)
Gross domestic production (GDP) growth: 2.7% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita: $36,500 (2007 est.)
| GDP composition by: | Agriculture: 1% |
| Industry: 24.4% | |
| Services: 74.6% (2007 est.) |
Surface area |
Land use
Total: 30,528 sq km
Arable land: 27.42%
Land: 30,278 sq km
Permanent crops: 0.69%
Water: 250 sq km
Other: 71.89%
(note
: includes Luxembourg
(2005)
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