Belgium vs France: Price level index
Price level index over time
- Belgium
- France
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 81.35 GDP against 76.57 GDP in France, a difference of 4.78 GDP.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.
Belgium ranks 31st and France ranks 34th of 203 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and France in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 110.95 GDP | 117.38 GDP | 6.43 GDP | France |
| 2000s | 104.24 GDP | 107.24 GDP | 3 GDP | France |
| 2010s | 98.15 GDP | 98.54 GDP | 0.3943 GDP | France |
| 2020s | 79.02 GDP | 76.33 GDP | 2.69 GDP | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher price level index, Belgium or France?
- Belgium, at 81.35 GDP against 76.57 GDP in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in price level index between Belgium and France?
- 4.78 GDP, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and France?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and France rank globally for price level index?
- Belgium ranks 31st and France ranks 34th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as Price level index (GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.