In line with Eurostat’s recommendations, Belgium, along with other European countries, carried out a benchmark revision of its national accounts in 2024. This revision covers the period 2009-2023. Such a revision is carried out every five years as part of the standard procedures to improve statistics.

Benchmark revisions are more important than routine ones. They provide an opportunity to incorporate new data sources, methods and concepts into the estimates used to compile the national accounts. The aim is to improve the quality and consistency of the statistics produced, guarantee their international comparability, and enhance their relevance in a constantly changing economic environment, by taking into account new developments or behaviours of economic agents.