Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Belgium
Belgium: Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) was 0.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Belgium, 1995–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.7% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 31.6% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Belgium peaked at 0.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2006.
That places Belgium 145th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4% | — |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -17.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -10.0% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | -131.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -508.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +38.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -15.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -17.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +48.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +30.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +31.6% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 34% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.4%, 31% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +508.7% | -0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2006 | -131.6% | 0.2% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Belgium?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Belgium was 0.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2006.
- How does Belgium rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Belgium ranks 145th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. 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.