Economy
Belgium's GDP annual growth rate is 0.7424% as of 2026-09-30, according to national statistics offices and central banks. Other tracked indicators include GDP (current US$) at 725.47B, GDP growth rate (QoQ) at 0.3%, GDP per capita at 60,750.
| Indicator | Last | Change | Trend | Previous | Highest | Lowest | Unit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP annual growth rate | 0.7424% | +0.0385 | 0.704% | 14.51% | -12.05% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| GDP growth rate (QoQ) | 0.3% | +0.1592 | 0.1408% | 11.48% | -10.9% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| GDP (current US$) | 725.47B | +54.48B | 670.98B | 725.47B | 11.81B | USD | 2025-12-31 | |
| GDP per capita | 60,750 | +4,168 | 56,582 | 60,750 | 1,290 | US$ | 2025-12-31 | |
| GNI per capita | 59,500 | +4,210 | 55,290 | 59,500 | 1,480 | US$ | 2025-12-31 | |
| Inflation rate | 4.69% | +0.7241 | 3.97% | 12.27% | -1.68% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Core inflation rate | 3.65% | +0.192 | 3.46% | 7.56% | 0.2315% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Food inflation rate | -0.2791% | -0.2733 | -0.0059% | 18.02% | -1.98% | % | 2026-10-31 | |
| Producer price inflation | 13.6% | +2.1 | 11.5% | 36% | -13.7% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | -0.1 | 6% | 9.9% | 4.9% | % | 2026-08-31 | |
| Employment rate | 67.3% | +0.1 | 67.2% | 67.9% | 61.3% | % | 2026-06-30 | |
| Wages (labour cost index) | 3.3% | -0.3 | 3.6% | 9.8% | 0.1% | % | 2025-06-30 | |
| Interest rate | 2.5% | +0 | 2.5% | 4.75% | 0% | % | 2026-10-31 | |
| Government bond 10Y | 4.38% | +0.26 | 4.12% | 10.4% | -0.39% | % | 2026-10-31 | |
| Foreign exchange reserves | 56.88B | +3.15B | 53.73B | 69.45B | 11.82B | USD | 2026-08-31 | |
| Industrial production | -7.1% | -4 | -3.1% | 52.4% | -20.7% | % | 2026-08-31 | |
| Manufacturing production | -6.4% | -4.4 | -2% | 56.6% | -22.2% | % | 2026-08-31 | |
| Retail sales | -0.6% | -0.6 | 0% | 17.9% | -10% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Construction output | 0.5% | +0.1 | 0.4% | 43.6% | -38.7% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Capacity utilization | 75.3% | -0.7 | 76% | 85% | 69.3% | % | 2026-09-30 | |
| Business confidence | -9.4 | +3.2 | -12.6 | 7.1 | -34.4 | index | 2026-10-31 | |
| Consumer confidence | -20.9 | -2.6 | -18.3 | 5.4 | -28.1 | index | 2026-10-31 | |
| Building permits | 105.42 | +19.12 | 86.3 | 226.99 | 69.88 | index | 2026-06-30 | |
| Car registrations | 91.29 | -12.84 | 104.12 | 196.52 | 11.21 | index | 2023-12-31 | |
| Current account | 1.92% | +1.55 | 0.3649% | 7.51% | -7.11% | % of GDP | 2026-06-30 | |
| Balance of trade | 1.79 | +0.8912 | 0.8952 | 4.45 | -2.82 | USD billion | 2026-08-31 | |
| Exports | 75.45% | -3.87 | 79.32% | 94.36% | 43.77% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Imports | 77.47% | -2.24 | 79.7% | 96.69% | 41.08% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Remittances | 2.25% | -0.0539 | 2.31% | 2.48% | 0.8536% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Government debt to GDP | 110.2% | +0.8 | 109.4% | 135.2% | 87.5% | % of GDP | 2026-06-30 | |
| Government budget | -5.2% | -0.8 | -4.4% | 0.2% | -9% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross savings | 23.98% | -0.7692 | 24.75% | 28.78% | 23.36% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross capital formation | 25.75% | +1.19 | 24.55% | 30.29% | 18.57% | % of GDP | 2025-12-31 | |
| Population | 11.94M | +83,171 | 11.86M | 11.94M | 9.15M | people | 2025-12-31 | |
| Life expectancy | 82.3 | -0.1 | 82.4 | 82.4 | 69.7 | years | 2024-12-31 |
Belgium's GDP growth is 0.7424% as of 2026-09-30, according to national statistics offices and central banks.
Belgium's inflation rate (CPI) is 4.69% as of 2026-09-30, according to national statistics offices and central banks.
Belgium has 86 macroeconomic and markets indicators on ECONOMY, sourced from national statistics offices and central banks, last updated 2026-10-31.
Last updated 2026-10-31