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Noruego gana 7ª etapa en Vuelta a España; honra al rey
Norwegian Andreas Leknessund won the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España in a solo effort.
La JornadaNorway · Spain · Belgium
Daily briefOperational risk · 90d →
Belgium.
Kingdom of Belgium · Brussels · 12.0M people · europe
Governmentfederal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchyLanguagesDutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%Area30.5K km²Sanctioned entities111Active conflicts3Mentions 7d2 ▼ 86%CIA· Jan 2026
Stability Score?How the stability score is computedA weighted composite of seven pillars— conflict intensity, event volatility, arms activity, economic health, market stress, sanctions exposure, and humanitarian proxy. Each pillar is scored 0–100 (higher = healthier). The composite is weighted (conflict 25%, economy 20%, events 15%, the rest 10% each) and recomputed daily from strategic events, World Bank indicators, arms-transfer data, and sanctions records.
Risk tier: Critical < 25 · High 25–50 · Elevated 50–75 · Stable≥ 75.
Risk tier: Critical < 25 · High 25–50 · Elevated 50–75 · Stable≥ 75.
71.2
Elevated risk
31-day trend
Intelligence briefNo brief published today
Daily intelligence brief is generated for the highest-activity countries. Belgium becomes eligible as dispatch volume climbs.
Belgium · 90-day event volume
199
total events · 90 daily data points
Source · intelligence_events · all severity tiersHover any annotated dot for full milestone
Stability components7-pillar breakdown · each 0–100, higher = healthier · 30-day trend per pillar
Conflict Intensity
40/100 · 25% wt
target conflicts: 1domestic conflicts: 0max escalation score: 100
Event Volatility
100/100 · 15% wt
target events: 4actor only events: 5domestic events: 0severe domestic: 0instability rate: 0.20%article coverage 90d: 2,792
Arms Activity
23/100 · 10% wt
arms imports: 23total value usd: $10.80Bconflict amplified: yes
Economic Health
77/100 · 20% wt
gdp growth pct: 1.10%inflation pct: 3.14%unemployment pct: 5.70%
Market Stress
80/100 · 10% wt
total signals 30d: 5negative signals 30d: 1
Sanctions Exposure
78/100 · 10% wt
sanctioned entities: 111is sanctioning power: no
Humanitarian Proxy
94/100 · 10% wt
life expectancy: 82.3literacy rate: —
Risk matrix5 enterprise-decision dimensions · derived from the 7 stability pillars · higher = more risk
Political6Stable
Security45Moderate
Economic22Stable
Regulatory22Stable
Operational30Moderate
Risk dimensions are derived from the 7 stability pillars. Higher score = more risk (inverted from the stability score, where higher = healthier). Operational is a weighted composite intended for enterprise-decision use.
Peer comparisonSame-region countries by stability score · this country highlighted
Peer comparison · Europe
Rank 16 of 55
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0244.8
0352.0
0454.6
0556.6
0662.4
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1671.2
EconomyWorld Bank · 10-year series · 17 indicators
GDP (current USD)
WB· 2024$671.0B
▲ $20.2B YoY
GDP per capita
WB· 2024$56.6K
▲ $1.3K YoY
Inflation (CPI)
WB· 20243.1%
▼ 0.9% YoY
Unemployment
WB· 20245.7%
▲ 0.2% YoY
Population
WB· 202411.9M
▲ 78.7K YoY
Military spend %GDP
WB· 20241.28%
▲ 0.09% YoY
Life expectancy
WB· 202482.3 yrs
▼ 0.1 yrs YoY
Internet users %
WB· 202495.8%
▲ 1.1% YoY
Security0 recent events · 3 conflicts · 10 transfers
Event volume · 90 days
199
Casualties (killed) · 90 days
4
High-severity events
No high-severity events for Belgiumin this window. Either there genuinely isn’t much — or our sources haven’t caught it yet.
Active conflicts involving Belgium
Iran war
War · 382468 dispatches
Critical · 100
DR Congo-Rwanda conflict
Civil War · 19498 dispatches
Critical · 100
World War II
War · 11036 dispatches
Critical · 100
Latest dispatches10 in country corpus · sources come online as coverage grows
Other
They were digging a sewer when they found gold worth $10.4M
Times of India
Geopolitical Politics
Former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption
The Hindu
Other
Arsenal na sa ido kan Rashford, Alvarez ba ya son komawa Man City
BBC
Geopolitical Politics
Ecuador ex-president sentenced to 5 years for corruption
Gulf News
Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption
The Independent
Kalenderblatt: Was geschah am 29. August?
Die Zeit
Belgium Summons U.S. Ambassador Over a Social Media Post - News of the United States - NOTUS
News of the United States - NOTUS
WC: Belgium break Indian hearts in shootout as Harmanpreet’s side finishes eighth
Times of India
Jason Arday plagiarism accuser Nathan Cofnas faced doubts over expertise, 'far-right agenda' at Ghent
Times of India
Think tanks · this country4 articles from research institutions tracking Belgium
The Heritage Foundation
How to Spend Money Wisely: NATO's 1.5% Infrastructure Spending Target
May 20, 2026
Bruegel
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock - and how it shouldn’t
Apr 4, 2026
Council on Foreign Relations
Will U.S. Allies Succeed in Hedging Against the United States?
Apr 3, 2026
Atlantic Council
Russia’s shadow war: How the Kremlin uses sabotage to wear down Europe
Apr 3, 2026
Top entitiesMost-mentioned actors in Belgium-tagged articles · last 30 days
Forward calendar · relatedUpcoming scheduled events · co-mentioned countries · conflicts · recent reports
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Co-mentioned countries · 30d
+Methodology · how this profile is built
This profile draws from four data tiers. Baseline facts (geography, languages, religion) are from the CIA World Factbook snapshot of January 2026 — the final snapshot before the website was retired. Economic indicators refresh daily from the World Bank. Events, conflicts, dispatches, and entity mentions flow continuously from our continuous intelligence graph — sources come online as we add them. Intelligence briefs are generated daily under ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft standards.
Coverage of Belgium will sharpen as we add local-language sources. Every field above carries a provenance chip so you can judge freshness for yourself.