Taxing Wages: Country note for Belgium

The average worker in Belgium faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 55.8% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Belgium had the highest tax burden of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.

Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Belgium

This note presents key findings for Belgium from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.

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Revenue Statistics 2013

Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries during 2008 and 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. This annual publication presents a unique set of detailed and internationally comparable tax revenue data in a common format for all OECD member countries from 1965 onwards.

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Pensions at a Glance 2013 - Highlights for Belgium

The effective age of labour market exit is low in Belgium in international comparison. Retirement-income adequacy may be an issue for future cohorts of retirees and especially so for low-earners...

Skills Survey: Country specific-material

Two rounds of the Survey of Adult Skills are under way: Round 1 (2008-13) with 24 participating countries, whose results were released in October 2013, and Round 2 (2012-16) with 9 participating countries, whose results will be released in 2016. A third round is scheduled to begin in May 2014.

How's Life in Belgium in 2013?

How's Life? report - 2013 edition - Country note - Belgium (PDF)

Belgium - OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

This page contains all information relating to implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Belgium.

Green growth and countries

There are now 42 signatories to the OECD Declaration on Green Growth. Lithuania has joined Costa Rica, Colombia, Croatia, Latvia, Morocco, Tunisia, as well as OECD members in having adhered to the declaration.

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OECD Health Statistics 2013 - Country Notes

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