Belgium

BELEurope & Central AsiaHigh incomeCapital: Brussels
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75/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Belgium in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Belgium· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Belgium

Belgium's GDP is $776.73B (2026), with a population of 11.9M, and GDP per capita of $65,112. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 0.7%, inflation at 2.8%, unemployment at 6.2%, government debt at 109.2% of GDP, life expectancy of 82.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$776.73B2026▲ 7.1%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)0.7%2026▼ 30.0%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$65,1122026▲ 6.7%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$937.72B2026▲ 3.5%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$78,6072026▲ 3.1%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.42%2026▼ 2.3%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$734.63B2025▲ 7.7%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$59,5002025▲ 7.6%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$75,6202025▲ 0.2%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)18.6%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)71.2%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.7%2025▼ 7.8%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)24.0%2025▲ 0.9%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)52.3%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)25.7%2025▲ 4.9%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)23.7%2025▼ 2.2%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)2.6%2025▲ 36.0%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$147,4822025▲ 0.6%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)11.2%2025▼ 2.4%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)51.2%2022▲ 1.2%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$41,7432021▲ 13.4%WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)12.1%2021▲ 15.8%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-2.0%2025▼ 422.8%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021▲ 111.9%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021▲ 336.5%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021▲ 57.6%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021▼ 1.6%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$134.99B2025▲ 7.3%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$63,4882025▲ 0.3%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$45,1462025▲ 0.3%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary16 indicators · 2022–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)152.9%2025▼ 3.8%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)75.5%2025▼ 4.9%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)77.5%2025▼ 2.8%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$547.36B2025▲ 2.8%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$562.00B2025▲ 5.1%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$568.11B2025▲ 2.4%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$537.70B2025▲ 2.2%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-4.0%2025▲ 35.6%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-2.7%2025▼ 478.9%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-28.79B2025▲ 30.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$16.35B2025▲ 5.6%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)2.3%2025▼ 2.3%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)20.4%2024▲ 9.2%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.9%2025▼ 409.7%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-14.02B2025▼ 451.1%WB
▶Finance11 indicators · 2014–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)1072025▼ 7.1%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population11.9M2025▲ 0.7%WB
Population Growth (%)0.7%2025▲ 5.0%WB
Population Density (per km²)3862023▲ 0.9%WB
Surface Area (sq km)30,6892023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)30,4942023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)87.7%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Urban Population (total)10.5M2025▲ 0.8%WB
Rural Population (%)12.3%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth82.3 years2024▼ 0.1%WB
Life Expectancy, Male80.3 years2024▼ 0.1%WB
Life Expectancy, Female84.4 years2024▼ 0.1%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.42024▼ 2.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)9.22024▼ 2.1%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)9.52024▲ 1.1%WB
Net Migration31,9892025▼ 11.7%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)15.7%2025▼ 1.8%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.3%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)21.0%2025▲ 2.0%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)57.9%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)33.1%2025▲ 2.1%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)24.8%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)73.12024▼ 4.2%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)43.52024▼ 7.4%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force5.5M2025▲ 0.6%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)54.3%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)49.8%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)59.0%2025▼ 0.6%WB
Unemployment (%)5.9%2025▲ 3.6%WB
Female Unemployment (%)5.6%2025▲ 6.7%WB
Male Unemployment (%)6.1%2025▲ 1.2%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)17.8%2025▲ 2.5%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)1.0%2025▼ 2.4%WB
Employment in Industry (%)19.2%2025▼ 1.4%WB
Employment in Services (%)79.8%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)56.0%2025▲ 1.6%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)11.0%2025▼ 0.9%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)85.4%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)24.7%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Employers (% of total employment)3.6%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.8%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)51.1%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)14.6%2025▼ 0.6%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)8.1%2024▲ 20.4%WB
▶Education15 indicators · 2013–2023 · WB
▶Health49 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)10.8%2023▲ 0.6%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$5,9312023▲ 8.1%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)8.0%2023▲ 0.3%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)21.5%2023▲ 0.5%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.62022▲ 1.0%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)12.92021▲ 0.5%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)5.42023▼ 0.7%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)3.72024▲ 0.0%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)2.22024▲ 0.0%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)42023▼ 63.6%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)3.32024▲ 0.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)4.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)17.9%2021▼ 27.5%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)75.9%2021▲ 8.5%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)6.2%2021▲ 14.8%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024▼ 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)32024▲ 8.0%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)1.9%2023▲ 18.7%WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)5.4%2023▲ 38.5%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)26.4%2024▼ 1.5%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)20.6%2024▼ 1.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)18.42021▲ 8.7%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)9.42020▼ 8.3%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)81.50596272021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)24.015958522021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)69.794678952021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)3.1384962762024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)3.7213681492024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)2.2199639042024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)3.9083097962023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)2.72024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.292024—WHO
People Living with HIV200002025—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)6.72925932022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)982025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)962025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)972025—WHO
Physicians (total)39,7232023▲ 4.2%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel143,1012022▲ 0.2%WHO
Dentists (total)8,4792023▼ 3.9%WHO
Pharmacists (total)15,0402023▼ 2.8%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)0.72023—WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)1.92023—WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)02023—WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)862023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)4.62021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)5931.014648442023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2013–2024 · WB
▶Technology12 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)95.8%2024▲ 1.2%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1042024▲ 0.7%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)44.22024▲ 1.2%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)36,731.92024▲ 9.1%WB
R&D Spending (% of GDP)3.27%2023▲ 2.4%WB
Patent Applications, Residents7992021▼ 7.3%WB
Patent Applications, Non-Residents4152021▲ 44.1%WB
Scientific Journal Articles16,8162023▼ 1.8%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$51.33B2024▲ 1.4%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)14.9%2025▲ 1.4%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$23.77B2025▲ 7.7%WB
Researchers in R&D (per million)5,9902023▲ 2.9%WB
▶Infrastructure9 indicators · 2011–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried11.4M2023▲ 12.1%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)1,831.52023▲ 8.5%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)12.4M2024▲ 7.9%WB
Rail Lines (total km)3,6122021▼ 0.1%WB
Rail Passengers Carried (million passenger-km)6,9702021▼ 5.8%WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)6,6982011▲ 6.9%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)4.002022▼ 1.0%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.3%2024▲ 18.0%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)40.5%2024▲ 2.9%WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption1.342023▼ 10.6%WB
Government Effectiveness1.042023▼ 15.5%WB
Political Stability0.42023▼ 30.6%WB
Regulatory Quality1.172023▼ 6.8%WB
Rule of Law1.32023▼ 3.9%WB
Voice & Accountability1.332023▲ 2.2%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)89.2%2023▼ 0.5%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)80.7%2023▼ 5.0%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)88.2%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)58.3%2023▼ 12.4%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.3%2024▲ 7.8%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$8.56B2024▲ 12.2%WB
Armed Forces Personnel24,0002020▼ 7.7%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.5%2020▼ 7.3%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)2.4%2024▲ 6.7%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.12021▼ 65.0%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2022–2023 · WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.762020▼ 0.3%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.772020▲ 0.1%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.752020▼ 0.7%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.2 years2020▼ 0.5%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals2.6M2020▼ 72.3%WB
International Tourism, Departures5.8M2020▼ 58.8%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$7.45B2020▼ 29.6%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$13.93B2020▼ 33.7%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)1.8%2020▼ 25.3%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$844.0M2020▼ 49.8%WB
▶Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO