Household consumption — all countries

Household consumption — Belgium

Household consumption in Belgium in 2025 — 379,547,211,015 US$. Ranked 20 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 2,679.3%.

2025 380B US$ +8.58% vs 2024
World rank 20of 131
Period maximum 380B US$2025
Period minimum 13.66B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Household consumption — Belgium, 1970–20250100B200B300B400B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 13,656,453,409 US$1971: 15,378,808,486 US$1972: 19,174,373,568 US$1973: 24,789,169,944 US$1974: 28,750,937,241 US$1975: 34,535,416,255 US$1976: 37,271,044,932 US$1977: 44,148,557,119 US$1978: 53,701,416,677 US$1979: 63,014,397,358 US$1980: 69,389,292,316 US$1981: 58,943,367,014 US$1982: 52,571,790,570 US$1983: 50,221,719,132 US$1984: 47,097,520,246 US$1985: 49,406,353,013 US$1986: 67,707,792,126 US$1987: 83,790,191,248 US$1988: 88,925,590,784 US$1989: 89,000,890,663 US$1990: 111,243,394,495 US$1991: 115,308,238,630 US$1992: 127,096,166,876 US$1993: 120,581,092,584 US$1994: 130,551,917,048 US$1995: 152,826,628,352 US$1996: 149,313,745,928 US$1997: 133,086,265,223 US$1998: 136,805,067,793 US$1999: 134,475,835,398 US$2000: 123,871,312,986 US$2001: 124,067,975,935 US$2002: 133,161,270,909 US$2003: 162,837,438,529 US$2004: 185,499,296,378 US$2005: 193,583,805,425 US$2006: 204,326,609,990 US$2007: 233,792,452,618 US$2008: 262,411,014,130 US$2009: 251,199,616,788 US$2010: 252,188,695,210 US$2011: 273,490,532,920 US$2012: 261,742,544,347 US$2013: 276,918,720,519 US$2014: 281,973,361,520 US$2015: 241,206,549,104 US$2016: 248,143,768,792 US$2017: 263,313,770,444 US$2018: 285,472,842,228 US$2019: 278,553,916,587 US$2020: 266,176,239,033 US$2021: 298,765,997,753 US$2022: 305,019,013,096 US$2023: 336,443,869,804 US$2024: 349,542,325,007 US$2025: 379,547,211,015 US$
Change over the period: +366B (+2,679.25%) Average annual rate: 6.23 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Belgium 380B US$
Western Europe computed 6.31T US$
Household consumption — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 380B +30B +8.58%
2024 350B +13.1B +3.89%
2023 336B +31.42B +10.3%
2022 305B +6.25B +2.09%
2021 299B +32.59B +12.24%
2020 266B −12.38B −4.44%
2019 279B −6.92B −2.42%
2018 285B +22.16B +8.42%
2017 263B +15.17B +6.11%
2016 248B +6.94B +2.88%
2015 241B −40.77B −14.46%
2014 282B +5.05B +1.83%
2013 277B +15.18B +5.8%
2012 262B −11.75B −4.3%
2011 273B +21.3B +8.45%
2010 252B +989M +0.39%
2009 251B −11.21B −4.27%
2008 262B +28.62B +12.24%
2007 234B +29.47B +14.42%
2006 204B +10.74B +5.55%
2005 194B +8.08B +4.36%
2004 185B +22.66B +13.92%
2003 163B +29.68B +22.29%
2002 133B +9.09B +7.33%
2001 124B +197M +0.16%
2000 124B −10.6B −7.89%
1999 134B −2.33B −1.7%
1998 137B +3.72B +2.79%
1997 133B −16.23B −10.87%
1996 149B −3.51B −2.3%
1995 153B +22.27B +17.06%
1994 131B +9.97B +8.27%
1993 121B −6.52B −5.13%
1992 127B +11.79B +10.22%
1991 115B +4.06B +3.65%
1990 111B +22.24B +24.99%
1989 89B +75.3M +0.08%
1988 88.93B +5.14B +6.13%
1987 83.79B +16.08B +23.75%
1986 67.71B +18.3B +37.04%
1985 49.41B +2.31B +4.9%
1984 47.1B −3.12B −6.22%
1983 50.22B −2.35B −4.47%
1982 52.57B −6.37B −10.81%
1981 58.94B −10.45B −15.05%
1980 69.39B +6.37B +10.12%
1979 63.01B +9.31B +17.34%
1978 53.7B +9.55B +21.64%
1977 44.15B +6.88B +18.45%
1976 37.27B +2.74B +7.92%
1975 34.54B +5.78B +20.12%
1974 28.75B +3.96B +15.98%
1973 24.79B +5.61B +29.28%
1972 19.17B +3.8B +24.68%
1971 15.38B +1.72B +12.61%
1970 13.66B

Western Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure in current US dollars — everything people buy for themselves, from food and housing to services. This is the largest part of GDP in almost any country, usually between half and three quarters, and in absolute terms it sets the size of the consumer market. For gauging the capacity of a market the indicator is more useful than GDP: it includes neither government spending nor investment nor exports.

Important: It includes the imputed value of living in owner-occupied housing and other imputed services — computed quantities that statistical offices estimate unevenly.

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