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Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Belgium

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Belgium in 2025 — 52.3%. Ranked 102 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2025 52.3% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 102of 131
Period maximum 57.6%1983
Period minimum 49.6%2007

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Belgium, 1970–202548505254565819701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 51.1%1971: 51.6%1972: 51.5%1973: 51.9%1974: 51.3%1975: 52.6%1976: 52.4%1977: 53.3%1978: 53%1979: 54.2%1980: 54.7%1981: 56.3%1982: 57.1%1983: 57.6%1984: 56.5%1985: 57.3%1986: 56.4%1987: 56.1%1988: 54.8%1989: 54.2%1990: 54.2%1991: 54.8%1992: 54.1%1993: 53.7%1994: 53.3%1995: 53.1%1996: 53.5%1997: 52.7%1998: 52.9%1999: 52.1%2000: 52.3%2001: 52.4%2002: 51.5%2003: 51.2%2004: 50.2%2005: 50.2%2006: 50%2007: 49.6%2008: 50.7%2009: 51.8%2010: 52.4%2011: 51.9%2012: 52.5%2013: 52.8%2014: 52.4%2015: 52.3%2016: 52.3%2017: 52.6%2018: 52.6%2019: 51.9%2020: 50.3%2021: 49.9%2022: 51.6%2023: 51.7%2024: 52.1%2025: 52.3%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belgium 52.3%
Europe & Central Asia 53.7%
Western Europe computed 51.7%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.3 +0.2 pp
2024 52.1 +0.4 pp
2023 51.7 +0.1 pp
2022 51.6 +1.7 pp
2021 49.9 −0.3 pp
2020 50.3 −1.6 pp
2019 51.9 −0.7 pp
2018 52.6 +0 pp
2017 52.6 +0.2 pp
2016 52.3 +0 pp
2015 52.3 −0.1 pp
2014 52.4 −0.4 pp
2013 52.8 +0.3 pp
2012 52.5 +0.6 pp
2011 51.9 −0.5 pp
2010 52.4 +0.6 pp
2009 51.8 +1.1 pp
2008 50.7 +1.1 pp
2007 49.6 −0.4 pp
2006 50 −0.1 pp
2005 50.2 −0.1 pp
2004 50.2 −1 pp
2003 51.2 −0.3 pp
2002 51.5 −0.9 pp
2001 52.4 +0.1 pp
2000 52.3 +0.2 pp
1999 52.1 −0.8 pp
1998 52.9 +0.3 pp
1997 52.7 −0.8 pp
1996 53.5 +0.4 pp
1995 53.1 −0.3 pp
1994 53.3 −0.3 pp
1993 53.7 −0.5 pp
1992 54.1 −0.6 pp
1991 54.8 +0.6 pp
1990 54.2 −0 pp
1989 54.2 −0.6 pp
1988 54.8 −1.3 pp
1987 56.1 −0.3 pp
1986 56.4 −0.9 pp
1985 57.3 +0.8 pp
1984 56.5 −1.1 pp
1983 57.6 +0.5 pp
1982 57.1 +0.8 pp
1981 56.3 +1.6 pp
1980 54.7 +0.5 pp
1979 54.2 +1.1 pp
1978 53 −0.3 pp
1977 53.3 +0.9 pp
1976 52.4 −0.2 pp
1975 52.6 +1.3 pp
1974 51.3 −0.6 pp
1973 51.9 +0.4 pp
1972 51.5 −0 pp
1971 51.6 +0.4 pp
1970 51.1 —

Western Europe, 2025

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

FR France 54.1 DE Germany 53.2 BE Belgium 52.3 AT Austria 51.8 CH Switzerland 49.5 NL Netherlands 43.1 LU Luxembourg 33.5
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

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

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