Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Belgium
Belgium: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 0.7289 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 0.7289 National currency per US dollar.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Belgium peaked at 1.04 National currency per US dollar in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.7156 National currency per US dollar, in 2024.
That places Belgium 41st out of 51 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 0.9673 National currency per US dollar | 0.884 National currency per US dollar | 1.04 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9864 National currency per US dollar | 0.9526 National currency per US dollar | 1.02 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9359 National currency per US dollar | 0.9317 National currency per US dollar | 0.9447 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8724 National currency per US dollar | 0.8319 National currency per US dollar | 0.8932 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8334 National currency per US dollar | 0.7796 National currency per US dollar | 0.8707 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7339 National currency per US dollar | 0.7156 National currency per US dollar | 0.7557 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 38 Ireland 0.8615 National currency per US dollar compare
- 39 Finland 0.7781 National currency per US dollar compare
- 40 Austria 0.7343 National currency per US dollar compare
- 42 United Kingdom 0.6776 National currency per US dollar compare
- 43 Germany 0.6733 National currency per US dollar compare
- 44 France 0.6566 National currency per US dollar compare
More reference data data for Belgium
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9298 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.291 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1382 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7526 (2050)
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 0.7289 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 1.04 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 0.7156 National currency per US dollar in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Belgium ranks 41st out of 51 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 12.0%. 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 actual individual consumption. 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