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Environment and climate in Belgium: maps and local statistics

Explore 66 official environment and climate indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.

Environment and climate is represented by 66 validated indicators from 44 source providers. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.

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Environment and climate: 66 indicators

Waste (2511)

Waste (2511). One compact cube retains 33 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.

Latest period
2024
Finest geography
municipality
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Management agreements with farmers (2536)

Management agreements with farmers (2536). One compact cube retains 8 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.

Latest period
2023
Finest geography
municipality
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Management plans (2532)

Management plans (2532). One compact cube retains 28 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Payment difficulties energy and water

Share of residents belonging to a household with payment difficulties that were unable to pay electricity, water, gas, or heating oil (on time) in the past year. Has it occurred in the past year that you or another person in the household were unable to pay one or more bills (on time) for financial reasons (so not forgotten)? Bill for electricity / water / gas / heating oil. Answer options: 'No, that did not happen in the past year', 'Yes, it has happened that the bill could not be paid (on time)', 'Don't know/not applicable'

Latest period
2023
Finest geography
municipality
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Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields ja_66f2ea46__lower95 and ja_66f2ea46__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.

Forest ranger (2535)

Forest ranger (2535). One compact cube retains 3 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.

Latest period
2023
Finest geography
municipality
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Built-up surface (GHSL)

How the remotely sensed and modelled built-up surface within each fixed 2020 municipality changed from 1975 to 2020.

Latest period
2020
Finest geography
municipality
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Remote-sensing-derived/modelled built-up surface, not a cadastral measure.

CO2-emissions from household heating

CO2-emissions that arise from fuel consumption for heating in households, expressed in tons per household.

Latest period
2023
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Number of CO2- emissions' for CO2- emissions from household heating. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

CO2- emissions, by sector

This calculation provides an overview of CO2- emissions in the municipality's territory, divided by sector (households, tertiary sector, industry, private and commercial transport, agriculture and other sectors).

Latest period
2024
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Aantal CO2-emissies per sector' for CO2- emissions, by sector. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data

Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
district
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CORINE land-cover composition

How five broad official CLC2018 land-cover classes divide each 2018 statistical sector and its explicitly linked parent geographies.

Latest period
2018
Finest geography
municipality
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Selected class area divided by all CLC2018-classified area in the selected geography; parent shares are recomputed after sector-area rollup.

Car-sharing

Number of car-sharing vehicles per 1,000 residents

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Number of car-sharing vehicles' for Car-sharing. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

New build homes energy label

Average energy label of completed buildings. This always concerns new residential construction files. These statistics are derived from the database with energy performance and indoor climate certificates. Only the certificates of new homes are shown here, according to the year of submission of the file. This reflects the 'buildings completed in this year'. The E-level is a level that represents the overall energy performance and is expressed by the ratio of the normally annually modeled primary energy consumption to a reference value. This is the calculated E-level from the EPB declaration. The E-level is a score that indicates how energy-efficient a building is. The lower the E-level, the more energy-efficient the building is. Note: this value reflects the energy consumption of the dwelling in relation to its surface area. If two houses are otherwise identical, but one is larger than the other, the larger house will normally have a more favorable E-level. As a result, apartments often score worse than houses, while the former generally have a lower expected energy consumption. Municipalities with many new apartments will therefore often score worse.

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'E-level' for new-build homes. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Energy-efficient homes

Share of energy-efficient single-family homes and apartments based on the energy label (EPC). These are existing single-family homes and apartments with energy label A+, A, or B. Energy Performance Certificate (EPC): an energy performance certificate is a document that shows how energy-efficient a building is, based on an energy score in kilowatt-hours per square meter (kWh/m²) per year. This document has been mandatory since 2008 when selling or renting existing houses and apartments and is valid for 10 years. Based on the energy score, the building is assigned an energy label, ranging from A+ (very energy-efficient) to F (energy-consuming). A+: less than 0 kWh/m² per year A: between 0 and 100 kWh/m² per year B: between 100 and 200 kWh/m² per year C: between 200 and 300 kWh/m² per year D: between 300 and 400 kWh/m² per year E: between 400 and 500 kWh/m² per year F: higher than 500 kWh/m² per year

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Aantal woningen' for Energy-efficient homes. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Energy premiums (2502)

Energy premiums (2502). One compact cube retains 30 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.

Latest period
2022
Finest geography
municipality
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Energy score of existing apartments, by energy label

Share of existing apartments according to energy label (EPC). Energy performance certificate (EPC): an energy performance certificate is a document that shows how energy-efficient a building is, based on an energy score in kilowatt-hours per square meter (kWh/m²) per year. This document has been mandatory since 2008 when selling or renting out existing homes and apartments and is valid for 10 years. Based on the energy score, the building is assigned an energy label, ranging from A+ (very energy-efficient) to F (energy-consuming). A+: less than 0 kWh/m2 per year A: between 0 and 100 kWh/m2 per year B: between 100 and 200 kWh/m2 per year C: between 200 and 300 kWh/m2 per year D: between 300 and 400 kWh/m2 per year E: between 400 and 500 kWh/m2 per year F: higher than 500 kWh/m2 per year

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Number of energy performance certificates' for Energy score existing apartments, by energy label. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Energy score existing single-family homes, by energy label

Share of existing single-family homes according to energy label (EPC). Energy Performance Certificate (EPC): an energy performance certificate is a document that shows how energy-efficient a building is, based on an energy score in kilowatt-hours per square meter (kWh/m²) per year. This document has been mandatory since 2008 when selling or renting existing houses and apartments and is valid for 10 years. Based on the energy score, the building is assigned an energy label, ranging from A+ (very energy-efficient) to F (energy-consuming). A+: less than 0 kWh/m2 per year A: between 0 and 100 kWh/m2 per year B: between 100 and 200 kWh/m2 per year C: between 200 and 300 kWh/m2 per year D: between 300 and 400 kWh/m2 per year E: between 400 and 500 kWh/m2 per year F: higher than 500 kWh/m2 per year

Latest period
2025
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Number of energy performance certificates' for Energy score existing single-family homes, by energy label. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Energy consumption, by sector

This calculation gives an overview of energy consumption in the municipality, broken down by sector (households, tertiary sector, industry, private and commercial transport, agriculture, and other sectors).

Latest period
2024
Finest geography
municipality
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Published field 'Energy consumption per sector' for Energy consumption, by sector. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.

Estimated soil erosion by water, by erosion level, land cover and NUTS 3 region

Estimated soil erosion by water, by erosion level, land cover and NUTS 3 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.

Latest period
2016
Finest geography
district
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Five-year built-up change (GHSL)

Absolute and percentage change from the preceding five-year GHSL epoch on the same fixed 2020 municipality boundary.

Latest period
2020
Finest geography
municipality
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Current built-up surface minus the preceding five-year GHSL epoch.

Method and limitations

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