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General profile: Belgium

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
11.739 Millions
0.924 EUR/US$
665 901 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 30 280 km²
..
1.16 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-5.7 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
334 400
407 692
396 841
535 741
Merchandise imports
318 700
391 177
375 530
514 393
Merchandise trade balance
15 700
16 515
21 311
21 348
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
4 %4 %68 %68 %12 %12 %4 %4 %13 %13 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
57 47848 79848 03229 66823 86357 47848 79848 03229 66823 863
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
59 200
98 438
109 015
148 226
Services imports
54 112
87 701
104 323
159 007
Services trade balance
5 088
10 737
4 692
-10 782
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
(e) 25.6
27.1
20.8
21.4
Travel
(e) 17.2
11.6
7.2
5.9
Other services
(e) 52.1
55.6
66.6
68.6
TRADE INDICES
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9410010510694991011031041009996939593879710397999998991009898100102100999796969798969997
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.2 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
385 715
481 557
461 045
665 901
GDP per capita, current US$
36 809
44 032
40 890
56 727
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.32
2.71
1.47
1.16
Current account balance, % of GDP
2.00
1.52
1.38
-0.85
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
0.924
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
51.623.725.384.284.851.623.725.384.284.8
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.4 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
34 370.49
57 583.32
28 331.30
-26 722.88
FDI outflows
32 658.06
576.12
55 199.16
2 935.41
Personal remittances, % of GDP
1.78
2.28
2.27
2.28
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
15 208.314 861.313 929.414 286.113 112.212 429.712 448.611 435.510 786.410 464.912 161.011 695.111 171.511 728.510 993.711 090.710 479.18 991.87 268.96 884.36 562.55 778.14 534.63 933.34 004.6-26 72327 914-8 7422 9337 58918 64327 137-3 06568 24528 331-3 50623 89811 67083 36657 58364 440-13 85793 43158 89334 37043 55833 47616 25188 20388 739FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
2.45
1.29
1.42
-0.83
Balance, % of imports
3.40
1.70
1.86
-1.05
Normalized balance
0.017
0.008
0.009
-0.005
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
159169192177157165167166158155162162164163152136160153150147
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 98%Urban 98%Rural 2%Rural 2%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.340 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
6 815
6 575
8 671
8 024
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
9 988 291
10 059 579
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
3.79
1.91
2.16
1.94
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
4.56
3.39
3.78
4.01
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
2.83
2.60
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025