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 11,817,096 people, it is ranked at 81º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 385 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 642,875 millions of euros (695,835 millions of dollars), ( 104.7% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €54,402 euros per inhabitant$58,884 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Belgium was on April of 2025 and it was 2.6%.

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

Brussels: Monthly Temp.
Brussels: Monthly Rainfall
Belgium Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q413,143K
Annual GDP [+]2024€613,984M
Annual GDP [+]2024$664,564M
GDP per capita [+]2024€51,810
GDP per capita [+]2024$56,271
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€155,312M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024642,875
Debt ($M) [+]2024695,835
Debt (%GDP) [+]2024104.70%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€54,402
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$58,884
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-27,749
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-30,035
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-4.50%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024334,545.5
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024362,105.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202131,425.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202138,190.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.32%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202347,958,537,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202351,857,566,058.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202215.19%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20237,241.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20237,830.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.22%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202454.50%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€28,310
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$30,643
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€2,713
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$3,219
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€4,084
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$4,416
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€615
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$667
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 [+]March 20255.9%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q45.9%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4319K
NMW [+]2025$2,150.5
NMW [+]2025€2,070.0
Average Wage [+]2023$64,105
Average Wage [+]2024€60,841
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/16/20250.8933
10-Year Bond Yield [+]05/16/20253.12%
Risk Premium [+]05/16/202554
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/16/20254.29%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20252.6%
HICP [+]April 20253.1%
PPI Year on Year [+]March 20253.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/23/20252.40%
Business
Doing Business [+]202046º
IPI Year on Year [+]March 2025-2.2%
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) [+]202344.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202260.2%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20228,220,000
Exports [+]2024€495,054.0M
Exports [+]2024$535,836.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202480.63%
Imports [+]2024€475,375.8M
Imports [+]2024$514,537.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202477.42%
Trade balance [+]2024€19,678.1M
Trade balance [+]2024$21,299.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20243.20%
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 20251.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524º
Density [+]2023385
Global Peace Ranking [+]202416º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,273.0
% Immigrant [+]202017.36%
% Emigrant [+]20205.00%
Birth Rate [+]20239.40‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,021.6
Crude death rate [+]20239.40‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.47
Crude marriage rate [+]20234.00‰
% risk of poverty [+]202411.5%
Population [+]202311,817,096
Immigrant stock [+]20202,005,479
Emigrant stock [+]2020577,463
HDI [+]20220.942
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202412º
Life expectancy [+]202382.50
Suicides [+]20221,796
Suicide rate [+]202215.27
Number of homicides [+]2021125
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.08
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.18
Consumption GWh [+]202374,537
Generation GWh [+]202377,337
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202434,339
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20244,872,829
Fully vaccinated [+]02/11/20249,170,945
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20242,905.87
Doses administered [+]02/11/202431,469,387