Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: April 2020
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Gross domestic product per capita, constant prices
Purchasing power parity; percent change
1.041
0.861
-7.404
4.024
Belgium
Unemployment rate
Percent of total labor force
5.958
5.358
7.300
6.800
Belgium
General government net lending/borrowing
Percent of GDP
-0.740
-1.658
-8.875
-6.049
Belgium
Current account balance
Percent of GDP
-1.385
-1.227
-0.702
-1.078
Country
Subject Descriptor
Units
Scale
Country/Series-specific Notes
2018
2019
2020
2021
Estimates Start After
Belgium
Gross domestic product, constant prices
Percent change
Source: Central Bank. Data before 1995 were spliced with older series. Data from 1995 reflect current official series, following benchmark national account revision 1995-2018 released in Sept 2019.
Latest actual data: 2019
National accounts manual used: European System of Accounts (ESA) 2010. ESA 2010
GDP valuation: Market prices
Start/end months of reporting year: January/December
Base year: 2015
Chain-weighted: Yes, from 1995. Data before 1995 are spliced with older series.
1.458
1.365
-6.924
4.564
2019
Belgium
Gross domestic product per capita, constant prices
Purchasing power parity; percent change
Source: Central Bank. Data before 1995 were spliced with older series. Data from 1995 reflect current official series, following benchmark national account revision 1995-2018 released in Sept 2019.
Latest actual data: 2019
National accounts manual used: European System of Accounts (ESA) 2010. ESA 2010
GDP valuation: Market prices
Start/end months of reporting year: January/December
Base year: 2015
Chain-weighted: Yes, from 1995. Data before 1995 are spliced with older series.
1.041
0.861
-7.404
4.024
2019
Belgium
Unemployment rate
Percent of total labor force
Source: Central Bank. Some indicators have been affected by the benchmark national account revision 1995-2018 released in Sept 2019.
Latest actual data: 2019
Employment type: Harmonized ILO definition
Primary domestic currency: Euro
Data last updated: 04/2020
5.958
5.358
7.300
6.800
2019
Belgium
General government net lending/borrowing
Percent of GDP
Source: Central Bank
Latest actual data: 2018
Fiscal assumptions: Projections are based on the 2019-22 Stability Programme, the Draft Budgetary Plan 2020, and other available information on the authorities’ fiscal plans, with adjustments for IMF staff assumptions.
Start/end months of reporting year: January/December
GFS Manual used: European System of Accounts (ESA) 2010
Basis of recording: Accrual
General government includes: Central Government; State Government; Local Government; Social Security Funds; Other;
Valuation of public debt: Face value
Instruments included in gross and net debt: Currency and Deposits; Securities Other than Shares; Loans
-0.740
-1.658
-8.875
-6.049
2018
Belgium
Current account balance
Percent of GDP
Source: Central Bank. Data are subject to frequent and sizable revisions. The latest took place in Sept-Oct 2019 covering 2015-18, and retropolated to 2009.
Latest actual data: 2019
BOP Manual used: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6)
-1.385
-1.227
-0.702
-1.078
2019
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database April 2020