Services, value added in Belgium
Belgium: Services, value added was 0.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Belgium, 1996–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Belgium is 0.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 22.1% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Belgium peaked at 7.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -3.9%, in 2020.
Belgium ranks 166th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 0.5% | 3.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | -1.2% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | -3.9% | 7.7% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Belgium
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of GDP -2.0% (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 2.5% (2025)
- GDP per capita 45,146 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) 11.2% (2025)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) 539.12 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP per capita in international and market dollars 45,146 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 0.885 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -10.14 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -10.98 billion current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 60.55 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Belgium?
- Services, value added in Belgium was 0.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.9% in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for services, value added?
- Belgium ranks 166th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. 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 Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. 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.