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Belgium

Belgium is ranked #23 for this dataset
Belgium's Index ranking for national statistics is up from #54 in 2013

What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). Aggregate data (e.g. GDP for whole country at a quarterly level, or population at an annual level) is also considered acceptable in this data category. In general, answers of 'yes' in this category refers to entries with a reasonable amount of both economic and demographic information available.

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by FOD Economie (National Bank of Belgium - Belgostat) and the Belgian National Statistical Office)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (Excel, CSV, PDF)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Many separate spreadsheets available, although some data is only available when making a selection using online report builder.

More data is available at http://www.census2011.be/.

Note that all statistics are also published by Eurostat. Where they are available in bulk. See https://ec.europa.eu/CensusHub2/query.do?step=selectHyperCube&qhc=false&countrycode=be This holds for every European Union Member state.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Pieter-Jan Pauwels
  • Sander van der Waal

Submitters

  • Bart Hanssens
  • Bert Van Nuffelen