{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"be-vc-investment-total","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-vc-investment-total","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/be-vc-investment-total/","title":"Belgium Venture Capital Investment (Total) (2025)","description":"Belgium's Venture Capital Investment (Total): 334.7 USD millions in 2025, -40.5% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Belgium","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Belgium","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Belgium Venture Capital Investment (Total)","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Belgium"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Belgium (2025)","value":"334.7","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-40.5% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-40.5%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Belgium Venture Capital Investment (Total)"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":264.96186507808164},{"period":"2008","value":168.87153992274534},{"period":"2009","value":207.2450857282096},{"period":"2010","value":109.38946916170255},{"period":"2011","value":161.77263552389505},{"period":"2012","value":161.75141209838213},{"period":"2013","value":147.69194599468284},{"period":"2014","value":170.27286874598295},{"period":"2015","value":106.8179767095935},{"period":"2016","value":186.1101613882441},{"period":"2017","value":237.26718556010798},{"period":"2018","value":361.35893474219006},{"period":"2019","value":486.0305254278223},{"period":"2020","value":491.88834027940743},{"period":"2021","value":460.4534101206188},{"period":"2022","value":397.1971320220234},{"period":"2023","value":365.63320236863575},{"period":"2024","value":562.1180583761338},{"period":"2025","value":334.72360431715026}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"334.7","yoyChange":"-40.5%"},{"year":"2024","value":"562.1","yoyChange":"+53.7%"},{"year":"2023","value":"365.6","yoyChange":"-7.9%"},{"year":"2022","value":"397.2","yoyChange":"-13.7%"},{"year":"2021","value":"460.5","yoyChange":"-6.4%"},{"year":"2020","value":"491.9","yoyChange":"+1.2%"},{"year":"2019","value":"486.0","yoyChange":"+34.5%"},{"year":"2018","value":"361.4","yoyChange":"+52.3%"},{"year":"2017","value":"237.3","yoyChange":"+27.5%"},{"year":"2016","value":"186.1","yoyChange":"+74.2%"},{"year":"2015","value":"106.8","yoyChange":"-37.3%"},{"year":"2014","value":"170.3","yoyChange":"+15.3%"},{"year":"2013","value":"147.7","yoyChange":"-8.7%"},{"year":"2012","value":"161.8","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2011","value":"161.8","yoyChange":"+47.9%"},{"year":"2010","value":"109.4","yoyChange":"-47.2%"},{"year":"2009","value":"207.2","yoyChange":"+22.7%"},{"year":"2008","value":"168.9","yoyChange":"-36.3%"},{"year":"2007","value":"265.0","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks total venture capital investment (all investment stages) in Belgium from 2007 to present, in USD millions. VC investment volume is a leading indicator of startup ecosystem vitality and innovation capital availability. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 562.1 USD millions in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 106.8 in 2015. The latest reading of 334.7 in 2025 represents a change of -40.5%."}]}