Industry (including construction), value added in Belgium
Belgium: Industry (including construction), value added was 1.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Industry (including construction), value added in Belgium, 1996–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, industry (including construction), value added in Belgium stood at 1.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37,699.0% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry (including construction), value added in Belgium peaked at 7.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, -5.4%, in 2020.
Belgium ranks 131st of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Industry (including construction), value added in Belgium, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2.3% | — |
| 1997 | 5.9% | +153.4% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -74.0% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | +256.2% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -92.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -93.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +1180.3% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +1303.6% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -50.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -65.1% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +468.0% |
| 2008 | -2.0% | -141.1% |
| 2009 | -4.3% | +117.0% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -171.7% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -39.1% |
| 2012 | -2.3% | -223.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -131.6% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +91.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -44.6% |
| 2016 | -1.2% | -255.0% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -185.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -49.5% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | +573.4% |
| 2020 | -5.4% | -255.0% |
| 2021 | -1.5% | -72.2% |
| 2022 | 7.4% | -593.7% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -82.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -99.8% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +37699.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9% | 1.5% | 5.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | -4.3% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | -2.3% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | -5.4% | 7.4% | 6 |
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- 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)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8961 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 54,441 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -5.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 8.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0943 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 5,730 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industry (including construction), value added in Belgium?
- Industry (including construction), value added in Belgium was 1.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.4% in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for industry (including construction), value added?
- Belgium ranks 131st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is industry (including construction), value added rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. 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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.