Belgium (2025)
-2
% of GDP (current prices)
-1.6pp YoY
YoY Change
-1.6pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Belgium Trade Balance — Goods & Services (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP (current prices) YoY Change
2025 -2 -1.6pp
2024 -0.4 unchanged
2023 -0.4 +1.9pp
2022 -2.3 -4.2pp
2021 1.9 +0.5pp
2020 1.4 +0.9pp
2019 0.5 +1.8pp
2018 -1.3 -1.3pp
2017 0 -0.2pp
2016 0.2 -0.5pp
2015 0.7 +0.5pp
2014 0.2 unchanged
2013 0.2 +0.5pp
2012 -0.3 -0.1pp
2011 -0.2 -1.7pp
2010 1.5 -0.6pp
2009 2.1 +1.4pp
2008 0.7 -3.4pp
2007 4.1 +0.1pp
2006 4 unchanged

About this Dataset

Belgium recorded -2 % of GDP (current prices) in 2025. The latest change was -1.6pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from -2.3 in 2022 to 5.6 in 2002.

This page tracks the external balance of goods and services as a share of GDP in Belgium from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the external balance of goods and services as a share of GDP in Belgium from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 5.6 % of GDP (current prices) in 2002 and reached its lowest recorded value of -2.3 in 2022. The latest reading of -2 in 2025 represents a change of -1.6pp.