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Belgium Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Belgium › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Belgium indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Belgium , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Belgium in year 2010 is 1.197 %

This makes Belgium No. 51 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Belgium is 3.88 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Belgium was 0.84 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Belgium in 2010 was or will be 42.16% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Belgium was or will be 1.02 %, which is 15.04% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Belgium, in other Years
Year %
  2016 2.404
  2015 2.311
  2014 1.883
  2013 1.502
  2012 1.196
  2011 1.017
2010 1.197
  2009 0.842
  2008 -1.899
  2007 1.62
  2006 1.863
  2005 1.978
  2004 3.188
  2003 3.424
  2002 4.478
  2001 3.398
  2000 4.029
  1999 7.89
  1998 5.187
  1997 5.542
  1996 5.028
  1995 5.404
  1994 5.193
  1993 5.062
  1992 2.875
  1991 2.284
  1990 1.789
  1989 2.219
  1988 2.243
  1987 1.895
  1986 2.582
  1985 0.787
  1984 -0.067
  1983 -0.575
  1982 -2.852
  1981 -4.029
  1980 -3.952