Services, value added in Belgium
Belgium: Services, value added was 71.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Belgium, 1995–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Belgium is 71.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Belgium peaked at 71.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 62.1%, in 1997.
Belgium ranks 31st of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Services, value added in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 62.8% | — |
| 1996 | 62.6% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 62.1% | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 62.6% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 63.4% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 63.1% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 64.2% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 64.7% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 65.3% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 65.2% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 65.9% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 66.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 66.1% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 67.0% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 68.2% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 67.9% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 68.1% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 68.7% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 68.8% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 69.3% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 69.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 69.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 69.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 69.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 69.5% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 70.3% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 70.7% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 69.4% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 70.3% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 71.0% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 71.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.7% | 62.1% | 63.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 65.6% | 63.1% | 68.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.0% | 67.9% | 69.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.5% | 69.4% | 71.2% | 6 |
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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)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 0.9832 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.7431 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 45,146 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), annual growth rate 0.9831 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7326 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), per capita 44,506 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 6.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2373 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Belgium?
- Services, value added in Belgium was 71.2% 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 71.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.1% in 1997.
- How does Belgium rank for services, value added?
- Belgium ranks 31st out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 (% of GDP). 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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.