Current account balance in Belgium

The current account balance of Belgium was -0.2% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2002 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belgium, 2025 -0.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.9percentage points 2024: 0.7%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.8% Middle value of 26 countries

Current account balance in Belgium over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2025
Period Belgium
2025 -0.2%
2024 0.7%
2023 0.4%
2022 -1.8%
2021 1.9%
2020 0.9%
2019 0.1%
2018 -0.9%
2017 0.7%
2016 0.6%
2015 1.4%
2014 0.8%
2013 1.0%
2012 -0.1%
2011 -1.9%
2010 1.5%
2009 1.8%
2008 -0.8%
2007 1.5%
2006 1.9%
2005 2.0%
2004 3.1%
2003 3.4%
2002 4.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 0.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.4%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2025 for Belgium
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics