Official statistics
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Inflation is the EU's harmonised index (HICP), the measure the ECB targets, which can differ by a few tenths from Statbel's national CPI used for wage indexation. Belgium has no policy rate of its own: the rate shown is the European Central Bank's deposit facility rate, set for the whole euro area.
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Unemployment is Eurostat's monthly, seasonally adjusted rate (ILO definition, ages 15 to 74). Employment and participation rates are the OECD's quarterly figures for ages 15 to 64.
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Goods trade is Eurostat's monthly total with the rest of the world, in euros. Belgium is a transit hub, so goods passing through the port of Antwerp-Bruges count in both directions, and figures on other concepts can differ by a few billion.
Goods trade only. Services aren't covered by this data source and aren't shown here, so relationships that lean heavily on services may be understated.
Illustrative 2024 figures, US$bn
Illustrative fallback shows 13 major partners. Once live, every partner UN Comtrade has data for is fetched: the radial view shows the top 20 by value, the map shows the top 50, and the ranking list can be expanded to show the top 50 too.
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Debt and the budget balance are Eurostat's excessive deficit procedure figures for general government (federal, regions, communities and local authorities), calendar years, so the latest year is a year ahead of the IMF's.
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The 10-year yield is the OECD's monthly average of the Belgian government (OLO) yield; the exchange rates are the Federal Reserve's daily euro rates, shared with every euro area page.