National Bank of Belgium

The data shown on this page correspond to the economic and financial variables described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For an extended explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Belgium has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted
Dots are delimiters for units of thousands, commas indicate decimal points
Some of the prescribed breakdowns are shown on separate pages through a link found in the last column "More Info" of the NSDP.

REAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
National Accounts, chain linked, ESA 2010
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	118.859	118.544	0,27	1,26	[Backdata]
* Flash-estimate of real GDP growth	percentage	Q1/24			0,3	1,3
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	610	614	-0,65	22,49	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	15.378	15.358	0,13	-2,84	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	5.276	5.288	-0,23	1,66	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	85.460	85.209	0,29	2,20	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	12.289	12.245	0,36	-0,65	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	59.072	58.977	0,16	1,23	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	29.046	28.857	0,65	2,03	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	27.835	27.972	-0,49	-4,01	[Backdata]
** Total export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	100.677	100.309	0,37	-3,85	[Backdata]
** Total import	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2015 euros	Q1/24	97.984	97.786	0,20	-5,04	[Backdata]
* Price deflators value added:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	201,3	196,6	2,39	-8,71	[Backdata]
** Industry	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	124,9	124,3	0,48	-6,02	[Backdata]
** Construction	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	135,7	135,3	0,30	1,95	[Backdata]
** Services	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q2/21	110,3	109,7	0,55	1,94	[Backdata]
** Other components	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	122,8	119,7	2,59	2,08	[Backdata]
** GDP at market prices	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	125,9	124,7	0,96	2,03	[Backdata]
* Price deflators expenditure:
** Private final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	129,6	128,7	0,70	1,81	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q1/24	126,1	124,4	1,37	2,60	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2015 = 100	Q2/21	118	116,2	1,55	17,30	[Backdata]
National Accounts at current prices, ESA 2010
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	149.643	147.825	1,23	3,28	[Backdata]
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	1.228	1.207	1,74	11,84	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	19.205	19.090	0,60	-8,70	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	7.161	7.157	0,06	3,63	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	106.963	105.713	1,18	5,94	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	15.087	14.659	2,92	1,39	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	76.544	75.913	0,83	3,00	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	36.632	35.890	2,07	4,66	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	34.214	36.252	-5,62	-8,53	[Backdata]
** Net export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q1/24	2.252	-230	n.a.	n.a.	[Backdata]
Industrial Production excluding construction	gross series, index 2015 = 100	May/24	95,2	90,9	4,73	2,59	[Backdata and detail]
Forward-looking indicator: qualitative business survey	monthly weightened results, gross series, seasonally adjusted	Jun/24	-11,1	-11	n.a.	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
Degree of utilisation of installed production capacity: total of all industries	last month of quarter weightened result, gross series, in percentage	Apr/24	74,6	72,8	2,47	-4,60	[Backdata]
Employment	thousands, s.a. + w.d.a.	Q1/24	5.230	5.225,3	0,09	0,39	[Backdata and detail]
Unemployment rate	seasonally adjusted, E.U.-definition, in percentage of labour force	May/24	5,9	5,8	1,72	3,51	[Backdata and detail]
Wages	labour cost index 2008 = 100, sa	Q1/24	119,29	118,13	0,98	3,70	[Backdata]
Consumer prices	index 2013 = 100	Jun/24	131,87	131,58	0,22	3,74	[Backdata and detail]
Producer Prices	index 2010= 100	May/24	164,89	166,9	-1,20	-0,89	[Backdata and detail]
FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
General Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	2023	293.175,3	275.342,7	6,48	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	2023	319.140,5	295.124,6	8,14	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	2023	-25.965,4	-19.781,9	31,26	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions						[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	May/24	3.936	13.930	-71,74	62,11	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	May/24	7.463	6.452	15,67	15,21	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	May/24	-4.100	7.239	n.a.	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions	May/24	-1.784	12.146	-114,69	-274,79	[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Debt
* Total debt	EUR millions	May/24	532.643	534.418	-0,33	8,11	[Backdata and detail]
* By original maturity
** Up to 1 year	EUR millions	May/24	37.851	42.644	-11,24	-14,46	[Backdata]
** Over 1 year	EUR millions	May/24	494.792	491.774	0,61	10,33	[Backdata]
* By currency
** Euro (since 1999) (before 1999: only Belgian francs)	EUR millions	May/24	532.643	534.418	-0,33	8,11	[Backdata]
** Foreign currencies (since 1999 only currencies not belonging to the euro zone)	EUR millions	May/24	0	0			[Backdata and detail]
*** USD	EUR millions	May/24	0	0			[Backdata]
FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
* National contribution to the euro area M3	EUR millions	May/24	683.800	676.600	1,06	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government (gross)	EUR millions	May/24	217.961	217.081	0,41	-0,20	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	May/24	183.191	182.396	0,44	0,12	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on private sector, other than MFI	EUR millions	May/24	665.899	668.251	-0,35	0,89	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	May/24	145.986	148.158	-1,47	-6,80	[Backdata and detail]
* Deposits by central government	EUR millions	May/24	2.614	2.753	-5,05	-14,55	[Backdata]
* External position	EUR millions	May/24	-47.980	-50.790	-5,53	-81,02	[Backdata]
* Foreign assets (outside euro area)	EUR millions	May/24	244.585	251.407	-2,71	7,52	[Backdata]
* Foreign liabilities (outside euro area)	EUR millions	May/24	292.565	302.197	-3,19	15,19	[Backdata]
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
* Base money	EUR millions	Jun/24	278.623	303.369	-8,16	-4,92	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government	EUR millions	Jun/24	117.702	124.004	-5,08	-6,33	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on all private sector	EUR millions	Jun/24	95.798	97.339	-1,58	-18,96	[Backdata and detail]
* External position	EUR millions	Jun/24	24.643	23.842	3,36	9,10	[Backdata and detail]
Interest rates
* ESCB-rate for main refinancing operations	percentage	2024-07-22	4,25	4,25	0,00	6,25	[Backdata]
* 3 month Belgian Treasury Bills	percentage	2024-07-22	0	0			[Backdata]
* Belgian Government Bonds (benchmark, 10 year)	percentage	2024-07-22	3,03	2,98	1,68	-1,62	[Backdata]
Financial soundness indicators	Click on the data category title to view the Belgian FSI-page
Stock market, BAS - price index	index 1 January 1980 = 1000	2024-07-19	13.798,12	13.928,75	-0,94	11,09	[Backdata]
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Balance of Payments of Belgium
* Current account (net)	EUR millions	Q1/24	3.101	2.215	40,00	1.355,87	[Backdata]
** Good and services (net)	EUR millions	Q4/2323	1.721	-4.033	-142,67	129,16	[Backdata]
*** Import of goods and services	EUR millions	Q4/2323	125.235	120.689	3,77	-10,06	[Backdata and detail]
*** Export of goods and services	EUR millions	Q4/2323	126.954	116.656	8,83	-9,32	[Backdata and detail]
** Income (net)	EUR millions	Q1/24	3.084	2.483	24,20	-2,03	[Backdata and detail]
** Current transfers (net)	EUR millions	Q1/24	-2.268	-1.987	14,14	-16,67	[Backdata and detail]
* Capital account (net)	EUR millions	Q1/24	161	159	1,26	-29,39	[Backdata and detail]
* Financial account and international reserves (net)	EUR millions	Q1/24	-319	-894	-64,32	42,73	[Backdata and detail]
International reserves
* Gross international reserves
** Reserve assets of the NBB	USD billions	Jun/24	42,7	42,9	-0,47	4,15	[Backdata]
*** Gold	USD billions	Jun/24	17,1	17,1	0,00	23,02	[Backdata]
*** SDR's	USD billions	Jun/24	14,5	14,6	-0,68	0,69	[Backdata]
*** IMF-position	USD billions	Jun/24	2,2	2,2	0,00	-8,33	[Backdata]
*** Foreign currencies	USD billions	Jun/24	8,1	8,2	-1,22	-17,35	[Backdata]
* Data template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity	EUR millions	Jun/24	39.817	39.508	0,78	5,43	[TEMPLATE] [Backdata]
Merchandise Trade
* Total exports	EUR millions	May/24	42.297,2	42.900,6	-1,41	-1,28	[Backdata and detail]
* Total imports	EUR millions	May/24	39.282,3	42.595,7	-7,78	-7,62	[Backdata and detail]
Exchange Rates: EUR	USD	2024-07-22	1,0888	1,089	-0,02	-2,11	[Backdata and detail]
International Investment Position
* Assets	EUR billions	Q1/24	2.497	2.464	1,34	2,71	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	924	1.006	-8,15	-10,72	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	913	870	4,94	11,75	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	Q1/24	535	503	6,36	15,05	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	Q1/24	378	367	3,00	7,69	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	621	552	12,50	15,00	[Backdata]
** Reserve assets	EUR billions	Q1/24	39	37	5,41	0,00	[Backdata]
* Liabilities	EUR billions	Q1/24	2.117	2.083	1,63	1,68	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	758	830	-8,67	-12,67	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	693	659	5,16	11,24	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	Q1/24	199	198	0,51	1,02	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	Q1/24	494	461	7,16	15,96	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	Q1/24	666	594	12,12	12,69	[Backdata]
* Net	EUR billions	Q1/24	380	381	-0,26	8,88	[Backdata]
Gross external Debt	EUR millions, end-period stock	Q1/24	1.457.367	1.384.686,4	5,25	6,52	[Backdata and detail]
POPULATION
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Total population	thousands	2023	11.764	11.698	0,56	n.a.	[Backdata]