Belgium vs Ireland: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- Belgium
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.904 National currency per US dollar against 0.7718 National currency per US dollar in Belgium, a difference of 0.1322 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 42nd and Ireland ranks 39th of 53 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and Ireland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.4869 National currency per US dollar | 0.5213 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.8437 National currency per US dollar | 0.17 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.9639 National currency per US dollar | 0.8986 National currency per US dollar | 0.0653 National currency per US dollar | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.9201 National currency per US dollar | 1.05 National currency per US dollar | 0.1342 National currency per US dollar | Ireland |
| 2010s | 0.863 National currency per US dollar | 0.9768 National currency per US dollar | 0.1137 National currency per US dollar | Ireland |
| 2020s | 0.7756 National currency per US dollar | 0.9223 National currency per US dollar | 0.1467 National currency per US dollar | Ireland |
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 Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.904 National currency per US dollar against 0.7718 National currency per US dollar in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between Belgium and Ireland?
- 0.1322 National currency per US dollar, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Ireland?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Ireland rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Belgium ranks 42nd and Ireland ranks 39th 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