Belgium — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Belgium, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Belgium was 2.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.77% in 1975. The lowest was -0.05% in 2009 (about -47.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.30% per year.
Belgium ranks 109 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Belgium sits below it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 81% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 339%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 34 of 49 economies; Czechia (2.46%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 4305% in 2010. That is 11% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1961; grown tenfold by 1964. Doubling roughly every 21 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 53rd of 63 in 1960 → 50th of 92 in 1970 → 96th of 106 in 1980 → 100th of 131 in 1990 → 101st of 163 in 2000 → 126th of 186 in 2010 → 119th of 178 in 2020 → 94th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.47% | -0.7 pp |
| 2024 | 3.14% | -0.9 pp |
| 2023 | 4.05% | -5.5 pp |
| 2022 | 9.6% | +7.2 pp |
| 2021 | 2.44% | +1.7 pp |
| 2020 | 0.74% | -0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 1.44% | -0.6 pp |
| 2018 | 2.05% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 2.12% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 1.97% | +1.4 pp |
| 2015 | 0.56% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 0.35% | -0.8 pp |
| 2013 | 1.11% | -1.7 pp |
| 2012 | 2.84% | -0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 3.53% | +1.3 pp |
| 2010 | 2.19% | +2.2 pp |
| 2009 | -0.05% | -4.5 pp |
| 2008 | 4.49% | +2.7 pp |
| 2007 | 1.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 1.79% | -1.0 pp |
| 2005 | 2.78% | +0.7 pp |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +0.5 pp |
| 2003 | 1.59% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 1.65% | -0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 2.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 2.54% | +1.4 pp |
| 1999 | 1.12% | +0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 0.95% | -0.7 pp |
| 1997 | 1.63% | -0.4 pp |
| 1996 | 2.08% | +0.6 pp |
| 1995 | 1.47% | -0.9 pp |
| 1994 | 2.38% | -0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 2.75% | +0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 2.43% | -0.8 pp |
| 1991 | 3.22% | -0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 3.45% | +0.3 pp |
| 1989 | 3.11% | +1.9 pp |
| 1988 | 1.16% | -0.4 pp |
| 1987 | 1.55% | +0.3 pp |
| 1986 | 1.29% | -3.6 pp |
| 1985 | 4.87% | -1.5 pp |
| 1984 | 6.34% | -1.3 pp |
| 1983 | 7.66% | -1.1 pp |
| 1982 | 8.73% | +1.1 pp |
| 1981 | 7.63% | +1.0 pp |
| 1980 | 6.65% | +2.2 pp |
| 1979 | 4.47% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 4.47% | -2.6 pp |
| 1977 | 7.1% | -2.0 pp |
| 1976 | 9.07% | -3.7 pp |
| 1975 | 12.77% | +0.1 pp |
| 1974 | 12.68% | +5.7 pp |
| 1973 | 6.96% | +1.5 pp |
| 1972 | 5.45% | +1.1 pp |
| 1971 | 4.34% | +0.4 pp |
| 1970 | 3.91% | +0.2 pp |
| 1969 | 3.75% | +1.1 pp |
| 1968 | 2.7% | -0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 2.73% | -1.4 pp |
| 1966 | 4.17% | +0.1 pp |
| 1965 | 4.07% | -0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 4.17% | +2.0 pp |
| 1963 | 2.15% | +0.7 pp |
| 1962 | 1.4% | +0.4 pp |
| 1961 | 0.99% | +0.7 pp |
| 1960 | 0.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Belgium’s Inflation in 1961?
0.99% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Belgium’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +723.5% in total — about 3.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.47%; 2024: 3.14%; 2023: 4.05%; 2022: 9.6%; 2021: 2.44%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.