Manufacturing share of GDP in Belgium

Manufacturing produced 11.2% of GDP in Belgium in 2025.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1995 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belgium, 2025 11.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 11.4%
European Union, 2025 14.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 12.1% Middle value of 26 countries

Manufacturing share of GDP 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.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BelgiumEuropean Union
2025 11.2% 14.3%
2024 11.4% 14.3%
2023 12.0% 14.8%
2022 12.5% 14.9%
2021 10.7% 14.7%
2020 12.0% 14.5%
2019 12.4% 14.9%
2018 12.3% 15.1%
2017 12.4% 15.2%
2016 12.2% 15.3%
2015 12.6% 15.2%
2014 12.6% 14.6%
2013 12.7% 14.4%
2012 12.6% 14.5%
2011 12.9% 14.7%
2010 13.1% 14.4%
2009 12.8% 13.8%
2008 14.0% 15.2%
2007 15.1% 15.7%
2006 15.0% 15.7%
2005 15.9% 15.7%
2004 16.1% 16.0%
2003 16.2% 16.2%
2002 16.8% 16.6%
2001 17.0% 17.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 11.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.6%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices