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Belgium

Two directions on one page: the harm recorded where people live and work here, and the supply chains that connect this country to harm recorded somewhere else.

This page shows recorded deaths, production, and shares traced through trade. It does not show the death toll behind what this country uses. That number is calculated, and stays unpublished until it has a range and the model has passed its test on past years.

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Harm counted here, in the products the model covers

Each product whose supply chain counts deaths in Belgium, with its deaths per item and the part of that figure counted here — the other side of the story: harm suffered here, in things mostly bought elsewhere.

Scenario Economic-embedded, using FIGARO 2023.

Harm counted here, in the products the model covers
ProductDeaths per item
Glass
Part from here: 0.26%
2.2 × 10⁻¹⁰ per item(0.93–4.5 × 10⁻¹⁰)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Butter
Part from here: <0.1%
3.2 × 10⁻⁷ per item(1.3–7.2 × 10⁻⁷)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Refined sugar
Part from here: <0.1%
6.1 × 10⁻⁹ per item(0.24–1.5 × 10⁻⁸)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Croissant
Part from here: <0.1%
0.42–2.4 × 10⁻⁸ per itemINDICATIVES-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Wheat flour
Part from here: <0.1%
1.1 × 10⁻⁸ per item(0.44–2.6 × 10⁻⁸)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Chocolate bar
Part from here: <0.1%
2.5 × 10⁻⁹ per item(1.2–5.8 × 10⁻⁹)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Petrol car
Part from here: <0.1%
9.5 × 10⁻⁶ per item(0.55–1.7 × 10⁻⁵)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r
Electric car
Part from here: <0.1%
3.0 × 10⁻⁵ per item(1.8–5.5 × 10⁻⁵)LOWS-MAX · run 2259 · methodology v1.0 · data dv-20261007-44r

The figure is the product’s own, with its range. The share beside it is a middle estimate only: the calculation stores a range for each figure, not for each part of one.

Recorded here

Deaths recorded for this country, as their publishers counted them: war deaths from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), and deaths at work reported to the International Labour Organization. Both are records, and both are floors, not estimates of the whole. A war death is recorded where it happened, whoever died.

Recorded here
Kind of harm Years Deaths recorded Latest year
War deaths (UCDP) 2016–2023 40 2 (2023)
Deaths at work (ILOSTAT, as reported) 1984–2024 3,108 40 (2024)

What it produces

The latest year on record for each material, and this country’s share of the production on record for that year. That is not always a share of the world total: when a publisher lumps small producers together as “other countries”, that group is not a country and is not loaded.

What it produces
Material Produced Share of recorded production Quality
Natural gas (2024) 15,000,014 m3 0.0% reported
Coal and lignite (1992) 218,000 t 0.0% reported
Silica sand (2011) 1,800,000 t 1.5% not stated
Wheat (2024) 1,090,040 t 0.1% reported
Milk (2024) 4,654,260 t 0.5% reported
Maize (2024) 501,790 t 0.0% reported
Sugar (2024) 4,411,990 t 0.2% reported
Livestock (2024) 1,728,210 t 0.5% reported
Timber (2024) 4,319,390 m3 0.2% estimated
Tobacco (unmanufactured) (2017) 129 t 0.0% reported
Agricultural land (2024) 1,354,170 ha 0.0% external
Forest (2025) 670,520 ha 0.0% external
Fresh water (2023) 740,190,000 m3 0.1% gap filled

Where what it consumes is produced

For each material, how much of what this country uses was produced in each country. It is traced through trade, so a country that only passes a material on is not counted as its source: it hands on the mix it imported. The largest sources are listed and the rest added together.

Crude petroleum — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
United States 20.5% —
Norway 12.5% —
Kazakhstan 9.4% —
Iraq 8.8% yes
Canada 6.9% —
Brazil 6.9% yes
All other countries34.9%
Natural gas — 2022, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Norway 33.2% —
Qatar 18.1% —
United States 16.2% yes
United Kingdom 11.3% —
Russian Federation 8.8% yes
Netherlands 4.9% —
All other countries7.6%
Coal and lignite — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Australia 61.9% —
United States 23.1% —
Colombia 4.1% yes
Germany 3.0% yes
South Africa 3.0% yes
Kazakhstan 1.5% —
All other countries3.5%
Cobalt — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Congo, Dem. Rep. 47.9% yes
Canada 20.5% —
Australia 12.2% —
Madagascar 10.1% —
Indonesia 2.6% yes
Turkiye 2.6% yes
All other countries3.9%
Copper — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Chile 33.2% —
Peru 30.0% —
Congo, Dem. Rep. 13.3% yes
Indonesia 8.2% yes
Poland 5.9% —
Kazakhstan 2.0% —
All other countries7.4%
Lithium — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Chile 63.9% —
Australia 24.6% —
China 5.1% yes
Argentina 3.5% —
Brazil 1.5% yes
Zimbabwe 1.0% —
All other countries0.4%
Nickel — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Canada 65.9% —
Australia 14.5% —
Russian Federation 7.1% yes
Brazil 5.6% yes
Indonesia 3.1% yes
United States 1.3% —
All other countries2.4%
Gold — 2018, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 40.5% yes
Russian Federation 21.0% yes
Peru 9.9% —
United States 5.9% yes
Canada 4.2% —
Mexico 4.1% yes
All other countries14.3%
Tantalum — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 22.9% yes
Nigeria 21.2% yes
Rwanda 19.7% yes
Congo, Dem. Rep. 15.7% yes
Australia 8.0% —
Mozambique 5.1% yes
All other countries7.4%
Tungsten — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 69.1% —
Bolivia 8.0% —
Spain 5.9% —
Austria 5.8% —
Portugal 5.8% —
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1.9% —
All other countries3.5%
Iron ore — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Canada 41.5% —
Sweden 28.2% —
Brazil 25.1% yes
United States 3.9% —
Mauritania 0.9% yes
South Africa 0.2% yes
All other countries0.2%
Bauxite — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Guinea 65.6% —
China 20.9% —
Australia 8.6% —
Turkiye 2.8% yes
Jamaica 1.1% yes
Brazil 0.7% yes
All other countries0.3%
Rare earth elements — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 71.2% —
United States 11.4% —
Myanmar 7.1% yes
Australia 4.3% —
Russian Federation 3.8% yes
India 1.4% yes
All other countries0.8%
Silver — 2017, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Bolivia 27.7% —
Russian Federation 25.6% yes
Argentina 14.7% —
Peru 14.2% yes
Poland 6.8% —
Mexico 4.7% yes
All other countries6.3%
Zinc — 2016, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Peru 47.4% yes
Bolivia 20.6% —
Sweden 12.0% —
Mexico 9.5% yes
Kazakhstan 5.0% —
United States 2.3% yes
All other countries3.3%
Phosphate rock — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 90.2% yes
India 9.8% yes
All other countries0.0%
Manganese — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
South Africa 31.1% yes
Gabon 26.6% —
Brazil 18.8% yes
Ghana 9.8% yes
Australia 9.8% —
China 3.2% yes
All other countries0.9%
Natural graphite — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 27.9% yes
Madagascar 26.3% —
China 24.2% —
Mozambique 19.2% yes
Norway 1.1% —
Canada 0.6% —
All other countries0.7%
Salt — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Germany 35.1% yes
Netherlands 34.0% —
United Kingdom 7.3% —
Spain 5.4% —
France 4.9% yes
Australia 3.8% —
All other countries9.5%
Silica sand — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Netherlands 77.6% —
Germany 11.3% yes
France 3.1% yes
United States 2.5% —
United Kingdom 2.3% —
Spain 0.8% —
All other countries2.3%
Wheat — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
France 52.3% yes
Belgium (at home) 18.7% —
Germany 14.8% yes
Poland 3.2% —
Czechia 2.9% —
Lithuania 0.9% —
All other countries7.1%
Milk — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Belgium (at home) 57.7% —
Netherlands 19.6% —
France 9.1% yes
Germany 8.5% yes
United Kingdom 1.0% —
Luxembourg 1.0% —
All other countries3.0%
Natural rubber — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Cote d'Ivoire 43.8% —
Indonesia 32.4% yes
Thailand 15.9% yes
Cameroon 2.6% yes
Viet Nam 1.9% —
Cambodia 0.8% —
All other countries2.6%
Maize — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
France 40.4% yes
Ukraine 22.9% yes
Belgium (at home) 18.8% —
Poland 8.8% —
Germany 1.8% yes
Hungary 1.3% —
All other countries6.0%
Rice — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Myanmar 24.7% yes
Pakistan 17.7% yes
Uruguay 12.6% —
Italy 10.1% —
Thailand 8.9% yes
India 5.0% yes
All other countries21.1%
Soybeans — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Canada 35.7% —
Brazil 20.0% yes
United States 14.5% —
France 8.1% yes
Ukraine 7.5% yes
Togo 4.3% yes
All other countries9.9%
Sugar — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
France 34.4% yes
Belgium (at home) 26.7% —
Germany 18.2% yes
Netherlands 6.7% —
Brazil 3.2% yes
Poland 1.9% —
All other countries8.8%
Coffee — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 54.4% yes
Colombia 14.6% yes
Honduras 4.8% yes
Peru 4.4% —
Viet Nam 2.9% —
Uganda 2.9% yes
All other countries16.0%
Cocoa — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Cote d'Ivoire 38.8% —
Ecuador 19.9% yes
Ghana 16.4% yes
Nigeria 10.5% yes
Peru 6.9% —
Cameroon 2.3% yes
All other countries5.3%
Palm oil — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Malaysia 31.7% —
Indonesia 28.8% yes
Guatemala 12.7% yes
Papua New Guinea 12.1% yes
Honduras 4.9% yes
Colombia 3.4% yes
All other countries6.4%
Cotton — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
United States 26.2% —
Kazakhstan 16.3% —
Tanzania 11.8% yes
Turkiye 9.8% yes
Turkmenistan 9.3% —
Brazil 8.1% yes
All other countries18.4%
Livestock — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Belgium (at home) 78.5% —
Netherlands 7.4% —
France 4.7% yes
Germany 2.3% yes
Poland 1.9% —
Spain 1.1% —
All other countries4.3%
Timber — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Belgium (at home) 42.1% —
Germany 12.3% yes
France 9.3% yes
Sweden 6.6% —
Cameroon 4.9% yes
Finland 3.8% —
All other countries21.0%
Tobacco (unmanufactured) — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 45.5% yes
Argentina 9.5% yes
India 7.1% yes
Malawi 5.9% —
Tanzania 4.5% yes
North Macedonia 4.2% —
All other countries23.3%
Wood charcoal — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Namibia 39.0% —
Indonesia 16.1% yes
Ukraine 12.9% yes
Poland 6.2% —
Paraguay 3.9% —
Germany 2.9% yes
All other countries19.0%

“War recorded” marks a source country where war deaths were recorded in the same year. It is a fact about that country, not a claim that this material caused them.

Where what it produces is consumed

For each material this country produces, how much of it is used in each country, including at home.

Natural gas — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
All other countries100.0%
Silica sand — 2011, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 45.0%
France 21.1%
Italy 4.5%
United Kingdom 4.5%
Germany 3.8%
Luxembourg 3.3%
All other countries17.9%
Wheat — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 92.3%
Netherlands 5.3%
Luxembourg 0.3%
Seychelles 0.0%
Maldives 0.0%
All other countries2.1%
Milk — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 49.3%
Germany 9.2%
France 7.5%
Netherlands 6.6%
Italy 3.2%
Algeria 2.7%
All other countries21.4%
Maize — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 90.8%
Netherlands 6.1%
Israel 0.7%
Luxembourg 0.1%
Sweden 0.0%
Iceland 0.0%
All other countries2.3%
Sugar — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 52.1%
Italy 7.3%
Netherlands 3.5%
Greece 3.5%
United Kingdom 3.2%
Spain 3.2%
All other countries27.3%
Livestock — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 51.3%
Germany 9.2%
France 9.2%
Netherlands 4.7%
Italy 4.3%
United Kingdom 3.8%
All other countries17.5%
Timber — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Belgium (at home) 62.7%
Netherlands 8.4%
France 6.2%
Germany 4.3%
Viet Nam 3.2%
United Kingdom 1.7%
All other countries13.4%
Tobacco (unmanufactured) — 2017, by value
Consumed in Share
All other countries100.0%

The number this page does not show

The harm these supply chains carry is calculated, and not shown.

The model passes the harm counted where a material is produced on to the countries that use it. That is a count of people from a recorded calculation, with no range yet, and nothing of that kind is published before the model passes its test on past years. What this page can show without it is the structure: who produces, who uses, and where harm is recorded along the way.

Sources

Sources
Version of the data Downloaded File fingerprint
ucdp · ged-v26.1 2026-09-10 8c941d84954e555e…
ilostat · fatal-20261006 2026-10-06 700fa580091e41e7…
eia · intl-20261003 2026-10-06 9251a5920ebe7044…
usgs_mcs · MCS2013-PDF 2026-10-06 8e6773de4f7d4a73…
faostat · qcl-20251231 2026-09-29 c5835418c18f9322…
faostat · fo-20260109 2026-09-29 c2f7fc99651f620b…
faostat · rl-20261002 2026-10-06 39b739fbfb694971…
aquastat · ds-20260713 2026-10-06 3bca93e1d4430099…
baci · HS92_V202601-20260130 2026-09-29 43259580059fa83e…

Sources →