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Оглавление7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 7.5% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:
15.2% (2007 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
28 (2005) country comparison to the world: 120 28.7 (1996)
Investment (gross fixed):
22.7% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Budget:
revenues: $239.4 billion
expenditures: $245.7 billion (2008 est.)
Public debt:
89.6% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 96.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.5% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 76 1.8% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
3% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 100 5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
7.03% (31 December 2008)
Stock of money:
NA (31 December 2008)
NA (31 December 2007)
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 16 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi money circulating within their own borders
Stock of quasi money:
NA (31 December 2008)
NA (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$767.1 billion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 14 $552 billion (31 December 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 25 $386.4 billion (31 December 2007)
$396.2 billion (31 December 2006)
Agriculture - products:
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk
Industries:
engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 102
Electricity - production:
82.17 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 35
Electricity - consumption:
84.88 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 33
Electricity - exports:
6.561 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
17.16 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
11,220 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Oil - consumption:
716,800 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Oil - exports:
507,500 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 31
Oil - imports:
1.076 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 16
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Natural gas - consumption:
17.33 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 38
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 54
Natural gas - imports:
17.42 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 14
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 106
Current account balance:
-$12.88 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 172 $7.751 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$371.5 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 $323.4 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
Exports - partners:
Germany 19.8%, France 17.4%, Netherlands 12.2%, UK 7.2%, US 4.8%,
Italy 4.7% (2008)
Imports:
$387.7 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $320.9 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Imports - partners:
Netherlands 19.4%, Germany 17.2%, France 11%, UK 5.7%, US 5.6%,
China 4.2% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.65 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 58 $16.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.354 trillion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 11 $1.539 trillion (31 December 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$821 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 6 $747.5 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$661.9 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 $593 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Exchange rates:
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Communications ::Belgium
Telephones - main lines in use:
4.457 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 34
Telephones - mobile cellular:
11.822 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 51
Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:
25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code:
.be
Internet hosts:
4.367 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 17
Internet users:
7.292 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 34
Transportation ::Belgium
Airports:
43 (2009) country comparison to the world: 99
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 27
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 9 (2009)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 15 (2009)
Heliports:
1 (2009)
Pipelines:
gas 1,330 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2008)
Railways:
total: 3,233 km country comparison to the world: 54 standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2008)
Roadways:
total: 152,256 km country comparison to the world: 34 paved: 119,079 km (includes 1,763 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,177 km (2006)
Waterways:
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2008) country comparison to the world: 44
Merchant marine:
total: 79 country comparison to the world: 56 by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, container 6, liquefied gas 20, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 10
foreign-owned: 6 (Denmark 4, France 2)
registered in other countries: 111 (Bahamas 15, Cyprus 2, France 6, Gibraltar 2, Greece 16, Hong Kong 3, Liberia 4, Luxembourg 7, Malta 15, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 2, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 8, Vanuatu 4) (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge
Military ::Belgium
Military branches:
Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations
Command, Air Operations Command (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription suspended (2008)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 2,407,128
females age 16–49: 2,340,039 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 1,962,409
females age 16–49: 1,905,178 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 62,722
female: 59,969 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.3% of GDP (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 126
Transnational Issues ::Belgium
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
growing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite a strengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, and tobacco; significant domestic consumption of ecstasy
page last updated on November 11, 2009
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@Belize (Central America and Caribbean)
Introduction ::Belize
Background:
Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Guatemala and Belize are gearing up for a simultaneous referendum to determine if this dispute will go before the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include an unsustainable foreign debt, high unemployment, growing involvement in the South American drug trade, growing urban crime, and increasing incidences of HIV/AIDS.
Geography ::Belize
Location:
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and
Mexico
Geographic coordinates:
