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Belgium: Economic and financial data
Date of last update : 18 March 2024
Updated every bank working day
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The data shown on this
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Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
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REAL SECTOR
| FISCAL SECTOR
| FINANCIAL SECTOR
| EXTERNAL SECTOR
| POPULATION
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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 |
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 |
National Accounts, chain linked, ESA 2010 |
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* GDP at market prices |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
118.674 |
118.261 |
0,35 |
1,48 |
[Backdata] |
* Flash-estimate of real GDP growth |
percentage |
Q4/2323 |
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0,3 |
1,5 |
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* Value added breakdown: |
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** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
621 |
586 |
5,97 |
21,76 |
[Backdata] |
** Industry |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
15.372 |
15.490 |
-0,76 |
-4,29 |
[Backdata] |
** Construction |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
5.286 |
5.235 |
0,97 |
2,07 |
[Backdata] |
** Services |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
85.336 |
84.807 |
0,62 |
2,92 |
[Backdata] |
** Other components |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
12.227 |
12.302 |
-0,61 |
-0,84 |
[Backdata] |
* Expenditure components: |
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** Private final consumption |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
58.994 |
58.705 |
0,49 |
1,66 |
[Backdata] |
** Public final consumption |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
28.709 |
28.138 |
2,03 |
1,48 |
[Backdata] |
** Gross domestic capital formation |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
28.150 |
29.653 |
-5,07 |
-2,31 |
[Backdata] |
** Total export |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
100.011 |
100.050 |
-0,04 |
-6,38 |
[Backdata] |
** Total import |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros |
Q4/2323 |
97.441 |
98.613 |
-1,19 |
-7,23 |
[Backdata] |
* Price deflators value added: |
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** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
191,3 |
182,4 |
4,88 |
-1,44 |
[Backdata] |
** Industry |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
124,4 |
126,1 |
-1,35 |
-7,03 |
[Backdata] |
** Construction |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
135,2 |
134,7 |
0,37 |
3,44 |
[Backdata] |
** Services |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q2/21 |
110,3 |
109,7 |
0,55 |
1,94 |
[Backdata] |
** Other components |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
115,7 |
119,5 |
-3,18 |
2,48 |
[Backdata] |
** GDP at market prices |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
124 |
123,9 |
0,08 |
2,31 |
[Backdata] |
* Price deflators expenditure: |
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** Private final consumption |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
128,9 |
128,8 |
0,08 |
1,90 |
[Backdata] |
** Public final consumption |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q4/2323 |
123,4 |
123 |
0,33 |
2,32 |
[Backdata] |
** Gross domestic capital formation |
deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100 |
Q2/21 |
118 |
116,2 |
1,55 |
17,30 |
[Backdata] |
National Accounts at current prices, ESA 2010 |
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* GDP at market prices |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
147.212 |
146.549 |
0,45 |
3,90 |
[Backdata] |
* Value added breakdown: |
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** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
1.188 |
1.069 |
11,13 |
20,00 |
[Backdata] |
** Industry |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
19.122 |
19.534 |
-2,11 |
-11,05 |
[Backdata] |
** Construction |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
7.147 |
7.051 |
1,36 |
5,60 |
[Backdata] |
** Services |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
105.605 |
104.188 |
1,36 |
7,20 |
[Backdata] |
** Other components |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
14.149 |
14.707 |
-3,79 |
1,67 |
[Backdata] |
* Expenditure components: |
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** Private final consumption |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
76.067 |
75.615 |
0,60 |
3,60 |
[Backdata] |
** Public final consumption |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
35.441 |
34.608 |
2,41 |
3,89 |
[Backdata] |
** Gross domestic capital formation |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
35.517 |
37.066 |
-4,18 |
-1,10 |
[Backdata] |
** Net export |
EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices |
Q4/2323 |
188 |
-739 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
[Backdata] |
Industrial Production excluding construction |
gross series, index 2015 = 100 |
Jan/24 |
88,9 |
87,2 |
1,95 |
-2,63 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Forward-looking indicator: qualitative business survey |
monthly weightened results, gross series, seasonally adjusted |
Feb/24 |
-12,8 |
-16,4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
[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/24 |
72,8 |
74,7 |
-2,54 |
-2,28 |
[Backdata] |
Employment |
thousands, s.a. + w.d.a. |
Q4/2323 |
5.228,6 |
5.223,8 |
0,09 |
0,56 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Unemployment rate |
seasonally adjusted, E.U.-definition, in percentage of labour force |
Jan/24 |
5,5 |
5,6 |
-1,79 |
-3,51 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Wages |
labour cost index 2008 = 100, sa |
Q4/2323 |
119,06 |
117,58 |
1,26 |
6,08 |
[Backdata] |
Consumer prices |
index 2013 = 100 |
Feb/24 |
131,01 |
130,08 |
0,71 |
3,20 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Producer Prices |
index 2010= 100 |
Jan/24 |
161,91 |
163,04 |
-0,69 |
-11,63 |
[Backdata and detail] |
FISCAL SECTOR |
SDDS Data Category and Component |
Unit Description |
Observations |
More Info |
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 |
General Government Operations |
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* Revenue |
EUR millions |
2022 |
274.899,4 |
251.293,6 |
9,39 |
n.a. |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Expenditure |
EUR millions |
2022 |
294.507,8 |
278.574,4 |
5,72 |
n.a. |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+) |
EUR millions |
2022 |
-19.608,4 |
-27.280,8 |
-28,12 |
n.a. |
[Backdata] |
* Financing by new liabilities |
EUR millions |
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[Backdata and detail] |
Central Government Operations |
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* Revenue |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
10.448 |
8.761 |
19,26 |
32,19 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Expenditure |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
8.667 |
6.878 |
26,01 |
0,38 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
1.585 |
-787 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
[Backdata] |
* Financing by new liabilities |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
2.517 |
-1.685 |
-249,38 |
-32,88 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Central Government Debt |
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* Total debt |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
507.303 |
504.793 |
0,50 |
7,07 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* By original maturity |
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** Up to 1 year |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
34.305 |
38.827 |
-11,65 |
-23,20 |
[Backdata] |
** Over 1 year |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
472.998 |
465.966 |
1,51 |
10,22 |
[Backdata] |
* By currency |
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** Euro (since 1999) (before 1999: only Belgian francs) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
507.303 |
504.793 |
0,50 |
7,07 |
[Backdata] |
** Foreign currencies (since 1999 only currencies not belonging to the euro zone) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
0 |
0 |
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[Backdata and detail] |
*** USD |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
0 |
0 |
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[Backdata] |
FINANCIAL SECTOR |
SDDS Data Category and Component |
Unit Description |
Observations |
More Info |
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 |
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector |
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* National contribution to the euro area M3 |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
667.500 |
664.200 |
0,50 |
n.a. |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government (gross) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
216.746 |
213.565 |
1,49 |
-1,61 |
[Backdata and detail] |
** of which securities other than shares |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
180.848 |
178.938 |
1,07 |
-1,69 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on private sector, other than MFI |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
664.824 |
666.269 |
-0,22 |
1,85 |
[Backdata and detail] |
** of which securities other than shares |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
151.220 |
152.295 |
-0,71 |
-2,73 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Deposits by central government |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
2.450 |
1.789 |
36,95 |
-36,82 |
[Backdata] |
* External position |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
-31.923 |
-16.631 |
91,95 |
-270,08 |
[Backdata] |
* Foreign assets (outside euro area) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
240.590 |
235.517 |
2,15 |
1,14 |
[Backdata] |
* Foreign liabilities (outside euro area) |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
272.513 |
252.148 |
8,08 |
10,55 |
[Backdata] |
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank |
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* Base money |
EUR millions |
Feb/24 |
313.129 |
295.293 |
6,04 |
-0,53 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government |
EUR millions |
Feb/24 |
123.081 |
122.901 |
0,15 |
-4,14 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on all private sector |
EUR millions |
Feb/24 |
109.293 |
109.806 |
-0,47 |
-28,19 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* External position |
EUR millions |
Feb/24 |
23.273 |
23.357 |
-0,36 |
1,13 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Interest rates |
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* ESCB-rate for main refinancing operations |
percentage |
2024-03-18 |
4,5 |
4,5 |
0,00 |
50,00 |
[Backdata] |
* 3 month Belgian Treasury Bills |
percentage |
2024-03-18 |
0 |
0 |
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[Backdata] |
* Belgian Government Bonds (benchmark, 10 year) |
percentage |
2024-03-18 |
2,98 |
2,97 |
0,34 |
2,41 |
[Backdata] |
Financial soundness indicators |
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Stock market, BAS - price index |
index 1 January 1980 = 1000 |
2024-03-15 |
13.187,86 |
13.217,06 |
-0,22 |
9,33 |
[Backdata] |
EXTERNAL SECTOR |
SDDS Data Category and Component |
Unit Description |
Observations |
More Info |
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 |
Balance of Payments of Belgium |
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* Current account (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
-1.933 |
-2.310 |
-16,32 |
79,01 |
[Backdata] |
** Good and services (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
-2.892 |
-3.235 |
-10,60 |
70,68 |
[Backdata] |
*** Import of goods and services |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
121.690 |
125.311 |
-2,89 |
-13,84 |
[Backdata and detail] |
*** Export of goods and services |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
118.798 |
122.076 |
-2,69 |
-9,57 |
[Backdata and detail] |
** Income (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
3.295 |
2.852 |
15,53 |
62,24 |
[Backdata and detail] |
** Current transfers (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
-2.338 |
-1.928 |
21,27 |
-69,91 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Capital account (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
427 |
671 |
-36,36 |
27,84 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Financial account and international reserves (net) |
EUR millions |
Q3/23 |
5 |
-3.396 |
-100,15 |
100,08 |
[Backdata and detail] |
International reserves |
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* Gross international reserves |
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** Reserve assets of the NBB |
USD billions |
Feb/24 |
40,3 |
40,4 |
-0,25 |
-2,18 |
[Backdata] |
*** Gold |
USD billions |
Feb/24 |
14,8 |
14,9 |
-0,67 |
12,12 |
[Backdata] |
*** SDR's |
USD billions |
Feb/24 |
14,2 |
14,3 |
-0,70 |
-0,70 |
[Backdata] |
*** IMF-position |
USD billions |
Feb/24 |
2,3 |
2,3 |
0,00 |
-4,17 |
[Backdata] |
*** Foreign currencies |
USD billions |
Feb/24 |
8,2 |
8,2 |
0,00 |
-24,07 |
[Backdata] |
* Data template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
37.248 |
36.964 |
0,77 |
-4,77 |
[TEMPLATE]
[Backdata] |
Merchandise Trade |
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* Total exports |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
39.999,3 |
38.751,7 |
3,22 |
-14,10 |
[Backdata and detail] |
* Total imports |
EUR millions |
Jan/24 |
39.053,4 |
37.127 |
5,19 |
-17,21 |
[Backdata and detail] |
Exchange Rates: EUR |
USD |
2024-03-18 |
1,0892 |
1,0892 |
0,00 |
2,53 |
[Backdata and detail] |
International Investment Position |
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* Assets |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
2.441 |
2.422 |
0,78 |
1,58 |
[Backdata] |
** Direct investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
1.012 |
1.000 |
1,20 |
-4,08 |
[Backdata] |
** Portfolio investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
830 |
836 |
-0,72 |
7,79 |
[Backdata] |
*** Equity securities |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
475 |
480 |
-1,04 |
9,95 |
[Backdata] |
*** Debt securities |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
355 |
355 |
0,00 |
4,72 |
[Backdata] |
** Other investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
562 |
549 |
2,37 |
4,27 |
[Backdata] |
** Reserve assets |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
36 |
38 |
-5,26 |
-10,00 |
[Backdata] |
* Liabilities |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
2.080 |
2.068 |
0,58 |
0,58 |
[Backdata] |
** Direct investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
844 |
838 |
0,72 |
-4,85 |
[Backdata] |
** Portfolio investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
613 |
627 |
-2,23 |
7,92 |
[Backdata] |
*** Equity securities |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
183 |
185 |
-1,08 |
8,28 |
[Backdata] |
*** Debt securities |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
431 |
442 |
-2,49 |
7,75 |
[Backdata] |
** Other investment |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
623 |
603 |
3,32 |
1,63 |
[Backdata] |
* Net |
EUR billions |
Q3/23 |
360 |
354 |
1,69 |
7,14 |
[Backdata] |
Gross external Debt |
EUR millions, end-period stock |
Q3/23 |
1.392.653,1 |
1.382.624,1 |
0,73 |
-0,15 |
[Backdata and detail] |
POPULATION |
SDDS Data Category and Component |
Unit Description |
Observations |
More Info |
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 |
Total population |
thousands |
2022 |
11.698 |
11.584 |
0,98 |
n.a. |
[Backdata] |
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