Belgium — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2030 · 150 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The latest current account reading for Belgium was −0.5% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −0.86% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.36 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −0.02% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1870–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1975–2026
  • Monthly data, 2008–2026
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Latest observations

2001–2030

PeriodValue
2030-0.19 % of GDP
2029-0.36 % of GDP
2028-0.6 % of GDP
2027-2.57 % of GDP
20260.31 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2025-0.5 % of GDP
2024-0.86 % of GDP
2023-0.69 % of GDP
2022-1.31 % of GDP
20211.83 % of GDP
20200.89 % of GDP
20190.12 % of GDP
2018-0.92 % of GDP
20170.7 % of GDP
20160.55 % of GDP
20151.39 % of GDP
20140.77 % of GDP
20130.95 % of GDP
2012-0.08 % of GDP
2011-1.93 % of GDP

Values before 2011, back to 2001, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.