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

-19.31Bcurrent USD · 2025-363.5% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an 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. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Belgium from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-19,314,790,111.685
20244,714,269,386.526
2023-10,659,261,866.437
202234,254,787,702.746
202162,417,836,330.014
2020-20,336,586,967.809
2019-18,011,204,285.282
2018-36,001,467,214.808
2017-5,300,154,945.25
201634,555,153,239.338
20157,330,131,584.537
2014-418,230,387.505
2013-12,369,146,243.864
201241,494,610,352.391
2011129,105,955,538.419
201066,826,887,403.752
200933,339,457,355.673
2008223,255,888,880.174
200783,458,030,314.246
200650,131,037,367.794
200532,538,356,840.728
200434,747,346,752.742
200339,066,046,690.891
20028,919,905,175.247
2001100,646,089,000
200086,361,710,000
1999122,304,174,000
199828,845,300,000
19977,252,120,000
19968,026,120,000
199511,603,000,000
19941,371,380,000
19934,903,560,000
199211,407,000,000
19916,270,930,000
19906,314,440,000
19896,486,239,999.9
19883,784,150,000
19872,782,239,999.9
19861,723,000,000
1985296,490,000
1984292,870,000
1983354,720,000
1982-69,060,000
1981103,790,000
1980196,030,000
19791,340,680,000
1978559,769,999.9
1977465,209,999.9
1976351,810,000
1975237,819,999.9
1974479,000,000
1973269,000,000
1972177,000,000
1971206,000,000
1970174,000,000

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

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