Chemicals in Belgium
Belgium: Chemicals was 33.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chemicals in Belgium, 1963–2023
Source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Measured in % of value added in manufacturing.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 33.3% for chemicals in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chemicals in Belgium peaked at 35.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 1963.
Belgium ranks 7th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Chemicals in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of value added in manufacturing | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 6.5% | — |
| 1964 | 6.6% | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 6.7% | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 6.8% | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 7.2% | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 8.2% | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 8.6% | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 9.4% | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 9.9% | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 10.0% | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 10.3% | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 9.6% | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 9.7% | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 10.2% | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 10.4% | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 10.4% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 10.9% | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 11.4% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 12.3% | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 13.4% | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 15.6% | +16.2% |
| 1985 | 14.9% | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 15.5% | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 14.2% | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 14.6% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 14.3% | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 13.4% | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 13.6% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 13.9% | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 13.4% | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 14.1% | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 17.2% | +22.2% |
| 1996 | 17.8% | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 17.6% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 17.6% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 19.5% | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 20.1% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.0% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 22.8% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 21.5% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 20.6% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | -35.3% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 25.3% | +71.0% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 27.6% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 29.3% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 30.3% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 32.3% | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 33.3% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 35.3% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 34.0% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 33.4% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 33.3% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.0% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 7 |
| 1970s | 9.9% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.7% | 10.9% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.8% | 13.4% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 20.1% | 22.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 13.3% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.0% | 33.3% | 35.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 4 Trinidad and Tobago 38.7% compare
- 5 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 34.3% compare
- 6 Switzerland 33.3% compare
- 8 Barbados 30.4% compare
- 9 Puerto Rico 29.2% compare
- 10 United Arab Emirates 28.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Belgium
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 33,727 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 9.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 61,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.9028 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 54,847 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chemicals in Belgium?
- Chemicals in Belgium was 33.3% in 2023, according to International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
- What is the highest chemicals recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest chemicals recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 1963.
- How does Belgium rank for chemicals?
- Belgium ranks 7th out of 153 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chemicals rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as part of Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. 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).