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Belgium — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Belgium, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.98%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -80.3% since 1961
GDP growth for Belgium was 0.98% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.96% in 1964. The lowest was -4.79% in 2020 (about -4.9× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.50% per year.
Belgium ranks 176 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 2.03%, so Belgium sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.98%
First (1961)
4.98%
Change
-80.3%
Highest
6.96%
in 1964
Lowest
-4.79%
in 2020
Average
2.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.50%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.98% |
| 2024 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 4.02% |
| 2021 | 6.25% |
| 2020 | -4.79% |
| 2019 | 2.44% |
| 2018 | 1.88% |
| 2017 | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 1.47% |
| 2014 | 1.77% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.