Venture capital investments in Belgium
Belgium: Venture capital investments was 0.0461 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Venture capital investments in Belgium, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, venture capital investments in Belgium stood at 0.0461 Percentage of GDP.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.9% on the previous year and up 99.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Belgium peaked at 0.0929 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0227 Percentage of GDP, in 2010.
That places Belgium 17th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Venture capital investments in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0563 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0326 Percentage of GDP | -42.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0427 Percentage of GDP | +30.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0227 Percentage of GDP | -46.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0307 Percentage of GDP | +35.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0325 Percentage of GDP | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0282 Percentage of GDP | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0316 Percentage of GDP | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0232 Percentage of GDP | -26.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0392 Percentage of GDP | +69.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0474 Percentage of GDP | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0666 Percentage of GDP | +40.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0906 Percentage of GDP | +36.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0929 Percentage of GDP | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0769 Percentage of GDP | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0672 Percentage of GDP | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0562 Percentage of GDP | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0838 Percentage of GDP | +49.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0461 Percentage of GDP | -44.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0439 Percentage of GDP | 0.0326 Percentage of GDP | 0.0563 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0413 Percentage of GDP | 0.0227 Percentage of GDP | 0.0906 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0705 Percentage of GDP | 0.0461 Percentage of GDP | 0.0929 Percentage of GDP | 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)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,957 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 7.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.1861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 11,304 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 2.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.1647 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 10,004 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Belgium?
- Venture capital investments in Belgium was 0.0461 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0929 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0227 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for venture capital investments?
- Belgium ranks 17th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org