Belgium Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows

1970 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at -41.358 USD bn in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of -4.248 USD bn for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 11.998 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 190.392 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -41.601 USD bn in 2018. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Official national sources;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
-41,357.733 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP

1970 - 2024 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at -6.160 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.652 % for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 4.748 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.348 % in 1999 and a record low of -7.666 % in 2018. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
-6.160 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows

1970 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 4.714 USD bn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -10.659 USD bn for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 7.252 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 223.256 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -36.001 USD bn in 2018. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Official national sources;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
4,714.269 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP

1970 - 2023 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.702 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.637 % for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.870 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.360 % in 1999 and a record low of -6.635 % in 2018. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Official national sources;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
-2.071 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023

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BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows

2002 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 764.614 USD mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 342.092 USD mn for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 7.675 USD bn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2024, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.989 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of -12.390 USD bn in 2016. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB);Sum;

Last Frequency Range
764.614 2024 yearly 2002 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net

2002 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -36.014 USD bn in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of -20.606 USD bn for 2023. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -39.847 USD bn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2024, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44.625 USD bn in 2005 and a record low of -63.169 USD bn in 2012. BE: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment includes cross-border flows and positions involving debt or equity securities, other than those included in direct investment or reserve assets. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.;Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF);;

Last Frequency Range
-36,014.192 2024 yearly 2002 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions

2002 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 9.610 USD bn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -41.387 USD mn for 2023. BE: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 7.253 USD bn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2024, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.610 USD bn in 2024 and a record low of -5.788 USD bn in 2010. BE: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.;Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF);;

Last Frequency Range
9,609.698 2024 yearly 2002 - 2024

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BE: BOP: Reserves and Related Items

2002 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BE: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -2.722 USD bn in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of -2.201 USD bn for 2023. BE: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -471.813 USD mn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2024, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.017 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of -2.722 USD bn in 2024. BE: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency.Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.;Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF);;

Last Frequency Range
-2,721.794 2024 yearly 2002 - 2024

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