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
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | -0.19 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -0.36 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -0.6 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -2.57 % of GDP |
| 2026 | 0.31 % 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 |
| 2021 | 1.83 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 0.89 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 0.12 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -0.92 % 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 |
| 2011 | -1.93 % of GDP |
Values before 2011, back to 2001, are on the chart — hover to read them.