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Belgium: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 145 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−1.93%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom −0.862%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.161%10 years
Record high and low
5.09% (1994)low −15.5% (1920)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.704Forecast
2030-0.84Forecast
2029-1.09Forecast
2028-1.30Forecast
2027-1.93Forecast
20260.308Forecast
2025-1.93
2024-0.862
2023-0.688
2022-1.31
20211.83
20200.887
20190.124
2018-0.915
20170.701
20160.554

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • World Development Indicators2002–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2003–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Belgium documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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