Belgium — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2031 · 151 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 −1.91% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −0.38% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −1.53 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −0.08% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1870–2031
- Quarterly data, 1975–2027
- Monthly data, 2008–2026
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Latest observations
2001–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -0.7 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -0.84 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -1.09 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -1.3 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -2.57 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2026 | -2.63 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -1.91 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -0.38 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 0.19 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -1.94 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 1.84 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 0.92 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 0.14 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -0.91 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 0.7 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 0.55 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 1.39 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 0.77 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 0.95 % of GDP |
| 2012 | -0.08 % of GDP |
Values before 2012, back to 2001, are on the chart — hover to read them.