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Country profile

BELGIUM (BLG)

Belgium flag

Continent	Europe
Coordinates	50 50 N, 4 00 E
Government	Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch
Capital	Brussels
Location	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
Climate	Temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
Total area	31 ths sq.km.
Population	10 379 ths p.
Median age	40.9 yrs.
Life expectancy	78.8 yrs.
Languages	Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

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Statistic parameter		Data period	Value	Rate of change (year/year)	Last period rate of change	Index from 01/2000
Economy development
Gross domestic product (GDP)
current prices	bil USD	Q1-08	132.1	+4.6%	+1.7%	135.6%
constant prices	bil USD	Q1-08	125.3	+2.2%	+0.5%	116.0%
Production of total industry (IP)	ind 2000	Dec-07	111.7%	-1.3%	-2.0%	111.7%
Retail trade	ind 2000	Jun-08	107.7%	+2.1%	-0.1%	108.0%
Standardised unemployment rate	percent	May-08	6.7%	-14.1%	-1.5%	98.2%
Price indexes
Consumer prices (all items, CPI)	ind 2000	Jul-08	121.9%	+5.9%	+0.5%	121.9%
food	ind 2000	Jul-08	128.6%	+7.5%	+0.8%	128.6%
energy	ind 2000	Jul-08	162.0%	+31.5%	+1.0%	162.0%
other items	ind 2000	Jul-08	114.9%	+1.7%	+0.4%	114.9%
Consumer prices - Services less housing	ind 2000
Consumer prices - Housing	ind 2000
Harmonised CPI	ind 2000	Jun-08	121.5%	+5.8%	+0.7%	121.5%
Producer prices (total, PPI)	ind 2000	Jun-08	128.5%	+11.3%	+1.6%	128.5%
manufacturing products	ind 2000	Jun-08	125.9%	+8.6%	+1.3%	125.9%
Share Prices	ind 2000	Jul-08	122.3%	-30.2%	-12.3%	122.3%
Interantional trade
Exports in goods	bil USD	May-08	42.2	+22.6%	-6.0%	268.7%
Imports in goods	bil USD	May-08	44.6	+35.1%	-1.2%	301.2%
Net trade in goods	bil USD	May-08	-2.3
Current Account	bil USD	Q1-08	-5.0
Financial markets - monetary markets
Narrow money	ind 2000
Broad Money	ind 2000
Reserve assets	bil SDR	Jun-08	6.3	+4.6%	-4.4%	80.5%
Financial markets - currency - Euro (Euro area)
Currency exchange rates	per USD	Jul-08	0.64	+11.9%	-0.2%	169.5%
Interest rates
immediate	percent
short-term	percent
long-term	percent	Jul-08	4.9%

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