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Belgium GDP

Belgium GDP

Economic Growth in Belgium

Belgium recorded an average real GDP growth rate of 1.6% in the decade to 2022, above the 1.4% average for the Euro Area. In 2022, Belgium's real GDP growth was 3.0%. For more GDP information, visit our dedicated page.

Belgium GDP Chart

Note: This chart displays Economic Growth (GDP, annual variation in %) for Belgium from 2024 to 2023.
Source: Macrobond.

Belgium GDP Data

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Economic Growth (Real GDP, ann. var. %) -4.8 6.2 4.3 1.2 1.0
GDP (EUR bn) 464 506 564 596 614
Economic Growth (Nominal GDP, ann. var. %) -3.3 9.1 11.4 5.8 3.0

GDP growth accelerates in Q1

Economic growth doubles in Q1: According to a preliminary release, GDP growth rose to 0.4% on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in Q1 2025 (Q4 2024: +0.2% s.a. qoq), hitting a one-year high. On an annual basis, economic growth remained stable at Q4’s level in Q1, coming in at 1.1% in seasonally and calendar-adjusted terms.

Broad-based improvement in Q1: Early estimates show that the faster quarterly expansion was primarily due to quicker growth in the construction and services sectors; the former rose 0.9% (Q4 2024: +0.7% s.a. qoq), and the latter 0.4% (Q4 2024: +0.1% s.a. qoq). Meanwhile, the industrial sector flatlined throughout the first three months of the year, improving from Q4’s 0.2% decline.

GDP growth to stabilize: Our panelists expect sequential GDP growth to slow down slightly in Q2–Q3 from Q1, and to pick up some momentum at the close of the year. Overall in 2025, GDP growth will remain close to 2024 levels, supported by looser financial conditions in the Euro area and continued domestic wage growth stimulating demand. Further deteriorations in consumer sentiment pose a downside risk, while the evolution of EU–U.S. trade relations should be monitored as Belgium’s export-oriented economy would suffer a severe blow from the return of sector-specific tariffs.

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Belgian GDP projections for the next ten years from a panel of 19 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable GDP forecast available for Belgian GDP.

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