Belgium GDP Annual Growth Rate

How much bigger or smaller the economy is than a year earlier, adjusted for inflation: each period's real GDP against the same period a year before.

0.5%

−0.3pp vs Q1 2026

Q2 2026 · Quarterly data

Seasonally adjusted

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GDP Annual Growth Rate

Q1 1996 to Q2 2026

Source: Calculated from real GDP, each period against the same period a year earlier. Real GDP: Eurostat namq_10_gdp (CLV20_MEUR) · chain-linked volumes, 2020 reference year, seasonally and calendar adjusted, quarterly, shown as a rolling four-quarter sum.

Belgium GDP Annual Growth Rate in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Belgium, the GDP annual growth rate fell by 0.5pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 1.0% in Q2 2025.

It is the lowest reading since Q4 2020.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 0.5% in Q2 2026 to 14.5% in Q2 2021.

Its average since Q1 1996 is 1.8%, and the latest reading is below that.

How this series is defined

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Source
real GDP, each period against the same period a year earlier. Real GDP: Eurostat namq_10_gdp (CLV20_MEUR)
Series
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Frequency
Quarterly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Q2 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Data refreshed 2026-10-07. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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