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GDP growth in Belgium

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Belgium's gdp growth is 0.98 % — #103 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

0.98%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Belgium over time

6.25 %0.73 %-4.79 %6.25 % · 2021-4.79 % · 20202000: 3.72 %2001: 1.10 %2002: 1.71 %2003: 1.04 %2004: 3.57 %2005: 2.32 %2006: 2.55 %2007: 3.68 %2008: 0.45 %2009: -1.91 %2010: 2.71 %2011: 1.93 %2012: 0.22 %2013: 0.31 %2014: 1.77 %2015: 1.47 %2016: 1.19 %2017: 1.47 %2018: 1.88 %2019: 2.44 %2020: -4.79 %2021: 6.25 %2022: 4.02 %2023: 1.56 %2024: 1.10 %2025: 0.98 %2000201220250.98 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#103 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
19 %
24 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.11 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.27 pp
peak 6.25 % in 2021
Full series
▼ 2.73 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #29 of 39vs median 2.90 %: −1.92 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Belgium: ahead of 19 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthBelgium 0.98 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Belgium is ahead of 19 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Belgium
101 South Korea1.01 %+0.02 pp
102 Russia1.00 %+0.02 pp
103 Belgium0.98 %—
104 France0.84 %−0.14 pp
105 Slovakia0.81 %−0.18 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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