Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Belgium

Current account balance (World Bank) in Belgium in 2025 — -1.93%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 97. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 6.43 pp.

2025 -1.93% −1.55 pp vs 2024
World rank 54of 97
Period maximum 4.5%2002
Period minimum -1.93%2025

Trend over time

2002–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Belgium, 2002–2025-202462002200520082011201420172020202320252002: 4.5%2003: 3.4%2004: 3.1%2005: 2%2006: 1.85%2007: 1.5%2008: -0.83%2009: 1.81%2010: 1.52%2011: -1.93%2012: -0.08%2013: 0.97%2014: 0.75%2015: 1.38%2016: 0.56%2017: 0.7%2018: -0.87%2019: 0.12%2020: 0.9%2021: 1.87%2022: -1.82%2023: 0.18%2024: -0.38%2025: -1.93%
Change over the period: −6.43 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belgium -1.93%
Europe & Central Asia computed 1.33%
Western Europe computed 2.7%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -1.93 −1.55 pp
2024 -0.38 −0.56 pp
2023 0.18 +2 pp
2022 -1.82 −3.69 pp
2021 1.87 +0.96 pp
2020 0.9 +0.78 pp
2019 0.12 +1 pp
2018 -0.87 −1.58 pp
2017 0.7 +0.14 pp
2016 0.56 −0.82 pp
2015 1.38 +0.63 pp
2014 0.75 −0.22 pp
2013 0.97 +1.05 pp
2012 -0.08 +1.85 pp
2011 -1.93 −3.45 pp
2010 1.52 −0.29 pp
2009 1.81 +2.64 pp
2008 -0.83 −2.33 pp
2007 1.5 −0.35 pp
2006 1.85 −0.15 pp
2005 2 −1.1 pp
2004 3.1 −0.3 pp
2003 3.4 −1.1 pp
2002 4.5

Western Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.

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