Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — Belgium

Imports of goods and services in Belgium in 2025 — 562,002,311,236 US$. Ranked 16 in the world out of 138. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 4,820.1%.

2025 562B US$ +5.09% vs 2024
World rank 16of 138
Period maximum 572B US$2022
Period minimum 11.42B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Belgium, 1970–20250200B400B600B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 11,422,513,917 US$1971: 12,470,410,328 US$1972: 15,284,572,450 US$1973: 22,015,693,438 US$1974: 29,348,848,384 US$1975: 29,954,319,403 US$1976: 34,320,538,140 US$1977: 39,904,208,216 US$1978: 47,131,229,666 US$1979: 60,077,552,284 US$1980: 67,141,114,637 US$1981: 58,814,105,824 US$1982: 55,093,659,721 US$1983: 52,310,487,574 US$1984: 53,192,322,675 US$1985: 52,988,261,431 US$1986: 66,063,110,890 US$1987: 80,749,672,609 US$1988: 92,534,612,178 US$1989: 100,782,764,128 US$1990: 122,899,593,192 US$1991: 122,855,235,676 US$1992: 132,088,996,236 US$1993: 118,889,056,670 US$1994: 134,214,479,142 US$1995: 162,055,281,883 US$1996: 161,993,745,928 US$1997: 153,905,164,637 US$1998: 156,499,555,457 US$1999: 156,514,813,408 US$2000: 165,003,474,244 US$2001: 160,904,233,211 US$2002: 168,605,250,992 US$2003: 202,551,914,318 US$2004: 243,726,488,208 US$2005: 270,950,047,193 US$2006: 297,060,116,701 US$2007: 349,267,150,581 US$2008: 414,937,621,999 US$2009: 322,739,959,902 US$2010: 357,961,529,747 US$2011: 424,362,474,851 US$2012: 400,397,837,168 US$2013: 412,266,300,213 US$2014: 425,952,025,321 US$2015: 355,884,802,917 US$2016: 376,759,269,085 US$2017: 418,056,820,188 US$2018: 460,128,692,310 US$2019: 442,788,775,444 US$2020: 411,854,672,040 US$2021: 525,242,552,932 US$2022: 571,920,929,941 US$2023: 541,280,155,477 US$2024: 534,805,055,514 US$2025: 562,002,311,236 US$
Change over the period: +551B (+4,820.13%) Average annual rate: 7.34 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Belgium 562B US$
World 33.73T US$
Western Europe computed 5.73T US$
Imports of goods and services — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 562B +27.2B +5.09%
2024 535B −6.48B −1.2%
2023 541B −30.64B −5.36%
2022 572B +46.68B +8.89%
2021 525B +113B +27.53%
2020 412B −30.93B −6.99%
2019 443B −17.34B −3.77%
2018 460B +42.07B +10.06%
2017 418B +41.3B +10.96%
2016 377B +20.87B +5.87%
2015 356B −70.07B −16.45%
2014 426B +13.69B +3.32%
2013 412B +11.87B +2.96%
2012 400B −23.96B −5.65%
2011 424B +66.4B +18.55%
2010 358B +35.22B +10.91%
2009 323B −92.2B −22.22%
2008 415B +65.67B +18.8%
2007 349B +52.21B +17.57%
2006 297B +26.11B +9.64%
2005 271B +27.22B +11.17%
2004 244B +41.17B +20.33%
2003 203B +33.95B +20.13%
2002 169B +7.7B +4.79%
2001 161B −4.1B −2.48%
2000 165B +8.49B +5.42%
1999 157B +15.26M +0.01%
1998 156B +2.59B +1.69%
1997 154B −8.09B −4.99%
1996 162B −61.54M −0.04%
1995 162B +27.84B +20.74%
1994 134B +15.33B +12.89%
1993 119B −13.2B −9.99%
1992 132B +9.23B +7.52%
1991 123B −44.36M −0.04%
1990 123B +22.12B +21.95%
1989 101B +8.25B +8.91%
1988 92.53B +11.78B +14.59%
1987 80.75B +14.69B +22.23%
1986 66.06B +13.07B +24.67%
1985 52.99B −204M −0.38%
1984 53.19B +882M +1.69%
1983 52.31B −2.78B −5.05%
1982 55.09B −3.72B −6.33%
1981 58.81B −8.33B −12.4%
1980 67.14B +7.06B +11.76%
1979 60.08B +12.95B +27.47%
1978 47.13B +7.23B +18.11%
1977 39.9B +5.58B +16.27%
1976 34.32B +4.37B +14.58%
1975 29.95B +605M +2.06%
1974 29.35B +7.33B +33.31%
1973 22.02B +6.73B +44.04%
1972 15.28B +2.81B +22.57%
1971 12.47B +1.05B +9.17%
1970 11.42B

Western Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.