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Belgium: economy

Belgium's economy figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Belgium, the page says so.

GDP per head: Belgium is the 7th highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

index, EU = 100: 114 for Belgium, against 100 for the EU as a whole.

Belgium against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

GDP per head

index, EU = 100

Belgium: 114 in 2025, against 100 for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head: Belgium and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Austria118
6Germany117
7Belgium114
8Sweden111
9Malta110
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)100
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 126 in 1995. Lowest: 114 in 2025.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 116*.
  • Above the EU figure in 31* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

GDP per head, adjusted for prices

purchasing power standard

Belgium: 47,676 in 2025, against 41,699 for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head, adjusted for prices: Belgium and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Austria49,029
6Germany48,622
7Belgium47,676
8Sweden46,344
9Malta45,953
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)41,699
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 47,676 in 2025. Lowest: 18,797 in 1995.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 44,170*.
  • Above the EU figure in 31* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

Economic growth

real GDP, change on the year

Belgium: 1.0% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 18th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Economic growth: Belgium and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
16Sweden1.4%
17Estonia1.3%
18Belgium1.0%
joint 19Austria0.8%
joint 19Finland0.8%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 6.3% in 2021. Lowest: -4.8% in 2020.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 2.8%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 30* years with a figure for both (1996–2025).

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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