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USD 0.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 68.8 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 64.2 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
8.4% | -1.3% | -4.4% | 4.9% | 2.5% | -0.4% | 3.7% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
4.3% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 3.% |
*Estimate
USD 114,234.2 (2018, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.04% | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
1.3% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.1% | 0% | 2.1% | 2% | 1.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
6.8% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5% | 5.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
22.2% | 20.7% | 23% | 21.4% | 21.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
1.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 0.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 60.9 billion | USD 68.6 billion | USD 49.5 billion |
ArcelorMittal, Aroundtown, Tenaris, Ternium, RTL Group, Spotify Technology, CPI Property Group.
4.7 % (2018 estimate)
224.8% (2018)
0.08% (2018)
1.95% (2018)
Machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
Commercial aircraft, minerals, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs, luxury consumer goods
Germany 25.6%, Belgium 17.6%, France 14%, Netherlands 5.1%, Italy 4.1%, UK 4.1% (2017)
Belgium 32%, Germany 24.9%, France 11.1%, US 5.7%, Netherlands 4.9% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 31,878 million | USD -6,799 million | USD -5,615 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 30,150 million | USD 34,679 million | USD 1,373 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 17,503 million | USD 9,641 million | USD 9,938 million | USD -262 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
72 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 76 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 14 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 45 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 93 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 176 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 97 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 23 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 1 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 18 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 93 out of 190 countries
18 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 17 / Score: 75.9 (Mostly free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Luxembourgish (official administrative and judicial language and national language (spoken vernacular)) 55.8%, Portuguese 15.7%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 12.1%, German (official administrative and judicial langu
Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 70.4%, Muslim 2.3%, other (includes Buddhist, folk religions, Hindu, Jewish) 0.5%, none 26.8% (2010 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
0.38 million | 0.43 million | 0.5 million | 0.56 million | 0.63 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
69.6% | 80% | 84.2% | 91% |
0.5% (last available estimate, 2015)
33.8 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 45.3% Mobile: 132.2% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)