# Trade as a share of GDP in Belgium

Trade as a share of GDP in Belgium was 152.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `be`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/belgium
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=be

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 152.9 |
| 2024 | 159 |
| 2023 | 166 |
| 2022 | 191.1 |
| 2021 | 177.4 |
| 2020 | 157 |
| 2019 | 165.5 |
| 2018 | 168.3 |
| 2017 | 166.9 |
| 2016 | 159.1 |
| 2015 | 155.1 |
| 2014 | 158.6 |
| 2013 | 157.6 |
| 2012 | 160.4 |
| 2011 | 160.8 |
| 2010 | 150.2 |
| 2009 | 135.1 |
| 2008 | 161.1 |
| 2007 | 152.5 |
| 2006 | 149.6 |
| 2005 | 144.5 |
| 2004 | 136.9 |
| 2003 | 132.7 |
| 2002 | 136.1 |
| 2001 | 139.6 |
| 2000 | 142.2 |
| 1999 | 125.2 |
| 1998 | 124.7 |
| 1997 | 125.7 |
| 1996 | 119.2 |
| 1995 | 116.4 |
| 1994 | 113.2 |
| 1993 | 109 |
| 1992 | 115.1 |
| 1991 | 118.6 |
| 1990 | 121.5 |
| 1989 | 124.9 |
| 1988 | 116.4 |
| 1987 | 109.9 |
| 1986 | 112.3 |
| 1985 | 123.9 |
| 1984 | 128.2 |
| 1983 | 120.4 |
| 1982 | 117.9 |
| 1981 | 110.2 |
| 1980 | 103.1 |
| 1979 | 101.6 |
| 1978 | 92.3 |
| 1977 | 95.7 |
| 1976 | 96.8 |
| 1975 | 91.5 |
| 1974 | 105.3 |
| 1973 | 94.1 |
| 1972 | 85.2 |
| 1971 | 85.6 |
| 1970 | 87.7 |