Belgium exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Belgium in Europe, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 119.7K | 0.0M | $290.5B | 2.89% | 0.00% | 21.42% |
| IND | 65.5K | 0.0M | $264.7B | 1.58% | 0.00% | 19.52% |
| RES | 3,953.7K | 11.8M | $800.7B | 95.52% | 100.00% | 59.05% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Belgium.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Belgium.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Belgium.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Flanders | 2,471.4K | 6.8M | $818.4B | 59.71% | 58.10% | 60.36% |
| Wallonia | 1,479.3K | 3.7M | $406.3B | 35.74% | 31.53% | 29.97% |
| Brussels | 188.2K | 1.2M | $131.2B | 4.55% | 10.37% | 9.68% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Belgium.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,835,222 | 3,924.1K | $270,520.3M | 44.34% | 33.37% | 19.95% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 1,853,645 | 3,964.9K | $242,525.8M | 44.79% | 33.72% | 17.89% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3-5/RES | RES | 47,686 | 1,613.0K | $117,425.1M | 1.15% | 13.72% | 8.66% |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 22,609 | 0.0K | $91,347.0M | 0.55% | 0.00% | 6.74% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 20,189 | 0.0K | $70,693.2M | 0.49% | 0.00% | 5.21% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/COM | COM | 23,058 | 0.0K | $60,768.0M | 0.56% | 0.00% | 4.48% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3-5/COM | COM | 24,270 | 0.0K | $60,185.9M | 0.59% | 0.00% | 4.44% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 19,822 | 0.0K | $55,825.8M | 0.48% | 0.00% | 4.12% |
| W | W/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 6,460 | 0.0K | $41,837.1M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 3.09% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3-5/RES | RES | 13,726 | 455.6K | $34,797.2M | 0.33% | 3.87% | 2.57% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:>5/RES | RES | 5,095 | 442.8K | $33,937.0M | 0.12% | 3.77% | 2.50% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>5/RES | RES | 4,658 | 404.4K | $30,996.4M | 0.11% | 3.44% | 2.29% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 6,460 | 0.0K | $26,099.1M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.92% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 19,224 | 0.0K | $25,831.7M | 0.46% | 0.00% | 1.91% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 6,730 | 0.0K | $23,564.4M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.74% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/RES | RES | 9,867 | 337.5K | $23,542.9M | 0.24% | 2.87% | 1.74% | |
| W | W/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 5,495 | 0.0K | $23,237.4M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 1.71% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 137,715 | 265.4K | $23,057.4M | 3.33% | 2.26% | 1.70% |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3-5/COM | COM | 4,723 | 0.0K | $15,848.9M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 1.17% | |
| W | W/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 6,495 | 0.0K | $15,571.8M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.15% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-5/RES | RES | 6,292 | 227.0K | $12,379.1M | 0.15% | 1.93% | 0.91% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 3,095 | 0.0K | $11,179.3M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.82% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 3,864 | 0.0K | $8,817.7M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.65% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 3,397 | 0.0K | $8,076.8M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.60% | |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 735 | 0.0K | $7,496.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.55% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 7,509 | 0.0K | $6,271.8M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.46% | |
| W | W/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 19,660 | 42.7K | $4,528.3M | 0.48% | 0.36% | 0.33% |
| W/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 19,660 | 42.7K | $4,025.1M | 0.48% | 0.36% | 0.30% | |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:>5/RES | RES | 437 | 38.4K | $2,940.6M | 0.01% | 0.33% | 0.22% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 608 | 0.0K | $1,216.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:3-5/COM | COM | 368 | 0.0K | $855.4M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 150 | 0.0K | $482.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |