Belgium (BE) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A densely populated trading economy at the geographic centre of the European Union, with chemicals, logistics and a large public sector. Brussels hosts the EU institutions, which is a quiet export of services. Coalition politics and high taxes are the standing complaints of firms that otherwise like the location.
Region: Europe. Population: 12M (rank #80). GDP: $600.0 billion. GDP per capita: $65,112 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +1.4%. Inflation: +4%. Policy rate: 4.5%. Currency: EUR. Equity market cap: $300.0 billion.