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Table 1.1 Demographic and economic indicators in Belgium 2003–2012, or latest available year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Population levels (thousands) a 10,355 10,396 10,445 10,511 10,584 10,666 10,753 10,839 10,951 11,035
People aged 65 and older (% of total population) a 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Dependency ratio (%) b, * 53.09 53.20 52.86 52.50 52.22 52.02 52.13 52.59 52.86 53.27
GDP per capita (US$ current prices and PPP) c 29,100 30,600 31,100 33,000 36,200 37,400 36,800 37,800 38,200 –
Real GDP growth (%) c 1.1 2.6 1.5 3.0 2.8 1.0 −2.7 2.0 1.9 –
Government deficit (% of GDP) d −0.1 −0.1 −2.5 0.4 −0.1 −1.0 −5.6 −3.7 −3.7 −4.0
Government consolidated gross debt (% of GDP) d 98.4 94.0 92.0 87.9 84.0 89.2 95.7 95.7 98.0 99.8
Total unemployment rate (%) d 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.3 7.5 7.0 7.9 8.3 7.2 7.6
Unemployment, male (%) d 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.4 6.7 6.5 7.8 8.1 7.1 7.7
Unemployment, female (%) d 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.3 8.5 7.6 8.1 8.5 7.2 7.4
Long-term unemployment (% of all unemployed) a 46.3 49.6 51.7 51.2 50.4 47.5 44.2 48.8 48.4 44.7
Long-term unemployment (% of active population) c 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.4
Notes: PPP: purchasing power parity; * The dependency ratio is the ratio between the total number of people younger than 15 years of age or 65 years and older and the number
of persons of working age (from 15 to 64).
Sources: a OECD, 2014; b Belgian Federal Government, 2013; c Index Mundi, 2014; d Eurostat, 2013a.