Belgium vs France: Food, beverages and tobacco
Food, beverages and tobacco over time
- Belgium
- France
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 18.6% against 18.3% in France, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 105th and France ranks 107th of 157 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and France in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.2% | 13.2% | 5.0% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 16.7% | 12.8% | 3.8% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 18.0% | 13.4% | 4.6% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 12.9% | 13.3% | 0.4% | France |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 14.4% | 1.5% | France |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 17.9% | 2.6% | France |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 18.6% | 1.8% | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food, beverages and tobacco, Belgium or France?
- Belgium, at 18.6% against 18.3% in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food, beverages and tobacco between Belgium and France?
- 0.3%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and France?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and France rank globally for food, beverages and tobacco?
- Belgium ranks 105th and France ranks 107th of 157 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufacturing of food, beverages, and tobacco includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 15 and 16. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).