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Belgium: Foreign direct investment, net

14.93Bcurrent USD · 2025-44.4% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Belgium from 2002 to 2025.

20022025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202514,925,259,832.095
202432,178,731,595.04
2023-10,670,585,486.576
202221,118,313,600.596
202128,437,180,104.473
20209,804,116,688.966
2019-7,424,116,241.045
20185,599,920,051.941
201731,988,685,367.203
2016-22,983,198,267.73
201526,844,377,439.266
201414,787,640,970.461
201317,271,778,736.282
201229,684,338,021.712
2011-34,518,425,846.165
2010-58,665,007,469.263
2009-44,015,051,904.432
200832,864,044,191.588
2007-13,093,604,217.003
2006-8,690,515,456.578
2005-1,123,653,952.838
2004-9,750,819,018.398
20034,506,779,201.183
2002-9,199,049,496.126

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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