Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Belgium

Gross national savings in Belgium in 2025 — 23.7%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 73. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2025 23.7% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 34of 73
Period maximum 28.8%2007
Period minimum 23.4%2011

Trend over time

2002–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Belgium, 2002–202522242628302002200520082011201420172020202320252002: 26.4%2003: 26.2%2004: 27.2%2005: 27.3%2006: 27.8%2007: 28.8%2008: 27.4%2009: 24.8%2010: 24.4%2011: 23.4%2012: 24.2%2013: 23.8%2014: 24%2015: 24%2016: 23.7%2017: 23.9%2018: 23.8%2019: 24.8%2020: 25%2021: 26.3%2022: 25.3%2023: 25.4%2024: 24.2%2025: 23.7%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 23.7%
Western Europe computed 25.5%
Gross national savings — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.7 −0.5 pp
2024 24.2 −1.2 pp
2023 25.4 +0.2 pp
2022 25.3 −1 pp
2021 26.3 +1.3 pp
2020 25 +0.2 pp
2019 24.8 +1 pp
2018 23.8 −0.2 pp
2017 23.9 +0.3 pp
2016 23.7 −0.3 pp
2015 24 −0.1 pp
2014 24 +0.2 pp
2013 23.8 −0.4 pp
2012 24.2 +0.9 pp
2011 23.4 −1 pp
2010 24.4 −0.4 pp
2009 24.8 −2.7 pp
2008 27.4 −1.4 pp
2007 28.8 +0.9 pp
2006 27.8 +0.5 pp
2005 27.3 +0.1 pp
2004 27.2 +1 pp
2003 26.2 −0.1 pp
2002 26.4

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross national savings as a percent of GDP — what is left of national income after all consumption, private and public. Savings and capital formation differ by the balance of external transactions: a country that saves more than it invests at home exports capital, and one that invests more than it saves imports it. Hence the stable link with the current account balance, which is exactly what this indicator makes visible.

Important: The difference between savings and capital formation is approximately equal to the current account balance — that is an identity of the national accounts, not a coincidence.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.