Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Belgium
Belgium: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 0.7718 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Belgium, 1970–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
In 2025, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Belgium stood at 0.7718 National currency per US dollar.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Belgium peaked at 1.07 National currency per US dollar in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.7522 National currency per US dollar, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 42nd of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.9477 National currency per US dollar | 1.07 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.9813 National currency per US dollar | 1.06 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9639 National currency per US dollar | 0.9547 National currency per US dollar | 0.9748 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9201 National currency per US dollar | 0.9025 National currency per US dollar | 0.9271 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.863 National currency per US dollar | 0.8179 National currency per US dollar | 0.8947 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7756 National currency per US dollar | 0.7522 National currency per US dollar | 0.7999 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 39 Ireland 0.904 National currency per US dollar compare
- 40 Luxembourg 0.873 National currency per US dollar compare
- 41 Finland 0.802 National currency per US dollar compare
- 43 Austria 0.7504 National currency per US dollar compare
- 44 France 0.7325 National currency per US dollar compare
- 45 Germany 0.7189 National currency per US dollar compare
More population data for Belgium
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.166 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 461,216 (2100)
- Population density 365.29 (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.166 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.0085 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.2011 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 12,091 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 0.2017 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.44 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 183,551 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Belgium?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Belgium was 0.7718 National currency per US dollar in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 National currency per US dollar in 1977.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7522 National currency per US dollar in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Belgium ranks 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for household final consumption expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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