National Bank of Belgium

The data shown on this page correspond to the economic and financial variables described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For an extended explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Belgium has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted
Dots are delimiters for units of thousands, commas indicate decimal points
Some of the prescribed breakdowns are shown on separate pages through a link found in the last column "More Info" of the NSDP.

REAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
National Accounts, chain linked, ESA95
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	82.137	81.528	0,75	11,14	[Backdata]
* Flash-estimate of real GDP growth	percentage
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	630	631	-0,16	7,88	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	12.553	12.424	1,04	-9,79	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	3.764	3.740	0,64	-3,81	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	56.234	55.968	0,48	-2,01	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	8.907	8.702	2,36	2,09	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	42.453	42.356	0,23	-1,94	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	19.615	19.558	0,29	1,45	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	17.778	17.869	-0,51	14,20	[Backdata]
** Net export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2007 euros	Q3/09	2.698	2.113	27,69	72,18	[Backdata]
* Price deflators value added:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	71	73,4	-3,27	-40,24	[Backdata]
** Industry	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	100,7	100,2	0,50	4,35	[Backdata]
** Construction	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	103,7	103,6	0,10	-0,67	[Backdata]
** Services	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	104,4	104	0,38	1,16	[Backdata]
** Other components	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	104,5	100,7	3,77	2,05	[Backdata]
** GDP at market prices	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	103,5	102,8	0,68	7,92	[Backdata]
* Price deflators expenditure:
** Private final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	103,6	103,9	-0,29	-1,05	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	106,9	106	0,85	2,49	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	94,3	94,2	0,11	-10,45	[Backdata]
** Net export	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2007 = 100	Q3/09	120,1	105,4	13,95	-31,68	[Backdata]
National Accounts at current prices, ESA95
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	84.976	83.785	1,42	34,01	[Backdata]
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	447	463	-3,46	-9,70	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	12.637	12.451	1,49	-74,31	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	3.902	3.875	0,70	-65,86	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	58.684	58.234	0,77	-0,87	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	9.306	8.762	6,21	30,34	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	44.002	44.008	-0,01	-65,23	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	20.961	20.723	1,15	3,96	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	16.772	16.827	-0,33	-19,63	[Backdata]
** Net export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q3/09	3.240	2.227	45,49	62,73	[Backdata]
Industrial Production	gross series, index 2000 = 100	Nov/09	95,1	105,1	-9,51	-4,33	[Backdata and detail]
Forward-looking indicator: qualitative business survey	monthly weightened results, gross series, seasonally adjusted	Jan/10	-7	-7,9	-11,39	74,64	[Backdata and detail]
Degree of utilisation of installed production capacity: total of all industries	last month of quarter weightened result, gross series, in percentage	Jan/10	73,3	74,1	-1,08	-0,54	[Backdata]
Employment	thousands, s.a. + w.d.a.	Q3/09	4.507,9	4.523,7	-0,35	-0,90	[Backdata and detail]
Unemployment rate	seasonally adjusted, E.U.-definition, in percentage of labour force	Dec/09	8,2	8,1	1,23	-2,38	[Backdata and detail]
Wages	index October 1980 = 100	Oct/09	243,6	243,2	0,16	1,88	[Backdata]
Consumer prices	index 2004 = 100	Jan/10	112,05	111,54	0,46	0,62	[Backdata and detail]
Producer Prices	index 2000= 100	Dec/09	121,13	121,06	0,06	4,50	[Backdata and detail]
FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
General Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	2008	168.197,7	161.288,6	4,28	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	2008	172.426,4	162.100	6,37	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	2008	-4.228,7	-811,4	421,16	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions	2008	26.836	13.059	105,50	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	Dec/09	7.118	4.837	47,16	-83,80	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	Dec/09	2.920	1.813	61,06	-95,67	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	Dec/09	3.704	-1.012	-466,01	113,49	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions	Dec/09	-3.494	1.390	-351,37	-113,79	[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Debt
* Total debt	EUR millions	Dec/09	321.389	324.181	-0,86	3,60	[Backdata and detail]
* By original maturity
** Up to 1 year	EUR millions	Dec/09	47.232	53.189	-11,20	49,24	[Backdata]
** Over 1 year	EUR millions	Dec/09	274.156	270.991	1,17	8,73	[Backdata]
* By currency
** Euro (since 1999) (before 1999: only Belgian francs)	EUR millions	Dec/09	320.826	322.664	-0,57		[Backdata]
** Foreign currencies (since 1999 only currencies not belonging to the euro zone)	EUR millions	Dec/09	563	1.517	-62,89		[Backdata and detail]
*** USD	EUR millions	Dec/09	0	0			[Backdata]
FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
* National contribution to the euro area M3	EUR millions	Dec/09	413.700	415.300	-0,39	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government (gross)	EUR millions	Dec/09	146.313	151.517	-3,43	2,41	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	Dec/09	126.838	126.729	0,09	-1,13	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on private sector, other than MFI	EUR millions	Dec/09	387.479	385.120	0,61	-0,99	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	Dec/09	91.028	82.127	10,84	24,56	[Backdata and detail]
* Deposits by central government	EUR millions	Dec/09	4.404	5.204	-15,37	-62,94	[Backdata]
* External position	EUR millions	Dec/09	945	3.336	-71,67	101,77	[Backdata]
* Foreign assets (outside euro area)	EUR millions	Dec/09	215.575	213.919	0,77	-0,85	[Backdata]
* Foreign liabilities (outside euro area)	EUR millions	Dec/09	214.630	210.583	1,92	-11,04	[Backdata]
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
* Base money	EUR millions	Dec/09	41.836	33.933	23,29	14,72	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government	EUR millions	Dec/09	10.580	10.514	0,63	-1,85	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on all private sector	EUR millions	Dec/09	48.635	38.121	27,58	-52,01	[Backdata and detail]
* External position	EUR millions	Dec/09	10.351	10.536	-1,76	21,16	[Backdata and detail]
Interest rates
* ESCB-rate for main refinancing operations	percentage	2010-02-09	1	1	0,00	-50,00	[Backdata]
* 3 month Belgian Treasury Bills	percentage	2010-02-08	0,32	0,32	0,00	-70,37	[Backdata]
* Belgian Government Bonds (benchmark, 10 year)	percentage	2010-02-08	3,68	3,72	-1,08	-5,88	[Backdata]
Stock market, BAS - price index	index 1 January 1980 = 1000	2010-02-05	7.694,98	7.931,31	-2,98	21,16	[Backdata]
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Balance of Payments of Belgium
* Current account (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	246	-1.285	-119,14	104,56	[Backdata]
** Good and services (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	992	-573	-273,12	126,11	[Backdata]
*** Import of goods and services	EUR millions	Sep/09	23.127	20.290	13,98	-71,98	[Backdata and detail]
*** Export of goods and services	EUR millions	Sep/09	24.119	19.716	22,33	-69,36	[Backdata and detail]
** Income (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	-162	-159	1,89	65,82	[Backdata and detail]
** Current transfers (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	-584	-553	5,61	47,95	[Backdata and detail]
* Capital account (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	-63	-20	215,00	86,36	[Backdata and detail]
* Financial account and international reserves (net)	EUR millions	Sep/09	123	824	-85,07	-97,63	[Backdata and detail]
International reserves
* Gross international reserves
** Reserve assets of the NBB	USD billions	Jan/10	23,8	24	-0,83	49,69	[Backdata]
*** Gold	USD billions	Jan/10	7,9	8,1	-2,47	71,74	[Backdata]
*** SDR's	USD billions	Jan/10	6,8	6,9	-1,45	2.166,67	[Backdata]
*** IMF-position	USD billions	Jan/10	1,2	1,2	0,00	20,00	[Backdata]
*** Foreign currencies	USD billions	Jan/10	7,9	7,9	0,00	2,60	[Backdata]
* Data template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity	EUR millions	Dec/09	16.649	16.605	0,26	48,11	[TEMPLATE] [Backdata]
Merchandise Trade
* Total exports	EUR millions	Nov/09	23.978,9	23.435,2	2,32	1,90	[Backdata and detail]
* Total imports	EUR millions	Nov/09	21.417	22.257,9	-3,78	-11,26	[Backdata and detail]
Exchange Rates: EUR	USD	2010-02-08	1,3675	1,3691	-0,12	6,87	[Backdata and detail]
International Investment Position - BLEU
* Assets	EUR billions	2001	2.539	2.284	11,16	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2001	586	519	12,91	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2001	1.184	1.086	9,02	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2001	448	476	-5,88	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2001	736	610	20,66	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2001	753	666	13,06	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Reserve assets	EUR billions	2001	16	13	23,08	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Liabilities	EUR billions	2001	2.388	2.112	13,07	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2001	649	558	16,31	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2001	973	872	11,58	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2001	772	713	8,27	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2001	201	159	26,42	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2001	766	682	12,32	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Net	EUR billions	2001	151	172	-12,21	n.a.	[Backdata]
International Investment Position - Belgium
* Assets	EUR billions	2008	1.559	1.670	-6,65	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2008	442	441	0,23	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2008	522	569	-8,26	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2008	145	213	-31,92	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2008	377	356	5,90	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2008	584	649	-10,02	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Reserve assets	EUR billions	2008	11	11	0,00		[Backdata]
* Liabilities	EUR billions	2008	1.449	1.572	-7,82	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2008	482	551	-12,52	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2008	282	270	4,44	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2008	35	50	-30,00	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2008	247	220	12,27	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2008	685	751	-8,79	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Net	EUR billions	2008	110	98	12,24	n.a.	[Backdata]
Gross external Debt	EUR millions, end-period stock	Q3/09	900.939	901.868	-0,10	-21,83	[Backdata and detail]
POPULATION
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Total population	thousands	2008	10.730	10.655	0,70	n.a.	[Backdata]