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Belgium market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Brussels
Income group
High income
World Bank region
Europe & Central Asia
Country codes
BEL · BE

GDP per capita

$60,750
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

0.98%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

2.47%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

11,941,781
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

95.78%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

5.91%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

152.92%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$60,750 per person

Belgium's GDP per capita was $60,750 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 32.3% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

0.98% real growth

Real GDP growth was 0.98% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 2.47% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 5.91% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

95.78% online

Internet use reached 95.78% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 44.23 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

11,941,781 residents

The population grew at 0.70% in 2025. Life expectancy was 82.30 years, while exports plus imports equaled 152.92% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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