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Belgium: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

-28.79Bcurrent USD · 2025-47.5% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Belgium from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-28,789,111,916.733
2024-41,357,732,773.288
2023-4,247,857,015.142
202213,136,474,102.151
202133,980,656,225.541
2020-30,140,703,656.775
2019-10,587,088,044.237
2018-41,601,387,266.749
2017-37,288,840,312.453
201657,538,351,507.068
2015-19,514,245,854.729
2014-15,205,871,357.966
2013-29,640,924,980.146
201211,810,272,330.68
2011163,624,381,384.583
2010125,491,894,873.015
200977,354,509,260.106
2008190,391,844,688.586
200796,551,634,531.249
200658,821,552,824.372
200533,662,010,793.566
200444,498,165,771.14
200334,559,267,489.708
200218,118,954,671.373
200188,203,254,000
200088,738,714,000
1999119,692,913,000
199822,690,500,000
199711,998,300,000
199614,063,900,000
199510,688,700,000
19948,513,580,000
199310,750,000,000
199211,285,800,000
19919,362,560,000
19908,046,730,000
19897,020,270,000
19885,212,470,000
19872,354,920,000
1986729,860,000
19851,051,490,000
1984389,370,000
19831,289,700,000
19821,472,180,000
19811,386,450,000
19801,544,780,000
19791,130,079,999.9
19781,435,800,000
19771,274,930,000
1976871,789,999.9
1975954,600,000
19741,137,000,000
1973719,000,000
1972386,000,000
1971428,000,000
1970314,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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