Belgium, is a country located at Western Europe, it has an area of 30,689 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Belgium, with a population of 11,883,495 people, it is ranked at 81º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 387 people per km2.

It's capital is Brussels and its currency is Euros

Belgium is holding the 23 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 644,398 millions of euros (695,626 millions of dollars), ( 103.9% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €54,226 euros per inhabitant$58,537 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Belgium was on November of 2025 and it was 2.4%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Belgium, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.942 points in 2022, leaving it in 12th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Belgium are business, you must know it's in the 46th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Belgium, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Brussels: Monthly Rainfall
Belgium Economy
Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20251.0%
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q413,638K
Annual GDP [+]2025€641,893M
Annual GDP [+]2025$725,326M
GDP per capita [+]2025€53,920
GDP per capita [+]2025$61,036
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q4€162,072M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024644,398
Debt ($M) [+]2024695,626
Debt (%GDP) [+]2024103.90%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€54,226
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$58,537
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-27,058
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-30,027
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-4.40%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024335,287.5
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024361,996.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202235,238.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202237,255.9
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202212.01%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202449,726,639,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202453,823,119,520.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202314.93%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20247,921.2
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20248,573.8
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20242.36%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202454.10%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€28,215
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$30,462
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€3,017
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$3,210
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€4,208
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024$4,555
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€668
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$718
Moody's Rating [+]10/11/2024Aa3
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AA
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-
Corruption Index [+]202373
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922º
Fragile States Index [+]202430.3
RTI Raking [+]2024122º
Innovation Ranking [+]202424º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20256.4%
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q36.4%
Unemployed [+]2025Q3351K
NMW [+]2026$2,481.6
NMW [+]2026€2,112.0
Average Wage [+]2024$65,853
Average Wage [+]2024€60,841
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]02/27/20260.8471
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/02/20263.10%
Risk Premium [+]03/02/202640
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]02/27/20268.00%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]November 20252.4%
HICP [+]December 20252.2%
PPI Year on Year [+]January 20260.9%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%
Business
Doing Business [+]202046º
IPI Year on Year [+]November 20250.5%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2024849,888
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202236.75
Motor vehicle production [+]2023332,103
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021591.19
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202444.5%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202260.2%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20228,220,000
Exports [+]2025€503,249.9M
Exports [+]2025$568,662.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202578.40%
Imports [+]2025€476,599.4M
Imports [+]2025$538,547.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202574.25%
Trade balance [+]2025€26,650.5M
Trade balance [+]2025$30,114.5M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20254.15%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20260.5%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524º
Density [+]2024387
Global Peace Ranking [+]202416º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,273.0
% Immigrant [+]202017.36%
% Emigrant [+]20205.00%
Birth Rate [+]20249.20‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,021.6
Crude death rate [+]20249.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20241.44
Crude marriage rate [+]20234.00‰
% risk of poverty [+]202510.9%
Population [+]202411,883,495
Immigrant stock [+]20202,005,479
Emigrant stock [+]2020577,463
HDI [+]20220.942
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202412º
Life expectancy [+]202482.40
Suicides [+]20231,585
Suicide rate [+]202313.41
Number of homicides [+]2021125
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.08
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.18
Consumption GWh [+]202479,016
Generation GWh [+]202472,375
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]02/08/202634,339
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]02/08/20264,906,789
Fully vaccinated [+]02/11/20249,170,945
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]02/08/20262,889.64
Doses administered [+]02/11/202431,469,388