Belgium vs France: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- Belgium
- France
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.7718 National currency per US dollar against 0.7325 National currency per US dollar in France, a difference of 0.0393 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 42nd and France ranks 44th of 53 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and France in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.7683 National currency per US dollar | 0.2399 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 1.02 National currency per US dollar | 0.0088 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 1990s | 0.9639 National currency per US dollar | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.0506 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 2000s | 0.9201 National currency per US dollar | 0.9251 National currency per US dollar | 0.0051 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 2010s | 0.863 National currency per US dollar | 0.8603 National currency per US dollar | 0.0028 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.7756 National currency per US dollar | 0.7497 National currency per US dollar | 0.0259 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing, Belgium or France?
- Belgium, at 0.7718 National currency per US dollar against 0.7325 National currency per US dollar in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between Belgium and France?
- 0.0393 National currency per US dollar, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and France?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and France rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Belgium ranks 42nd and France ranks 44th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for household final consumption expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org