Country

Belgium

BEL Western Europe

Hosts the headquarters of the EU and NATO, and is itself a federal constitutional monarchy divided along Flemish and Walloon regional lines.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth0.98% per year · 2025▼ 10.4% vs previous

Military expenditure1.28% of GDP · 2024▲ 7.84% vs previous

Net energy imports89.2% of use · 2023▲ 2.78% vs previousNet importer

Trade openness152.9% of GDP · 2025▼ 3.84% vs previous

Population11.9Mpeople · 2025▲ 0.7% vs previous

Displaced from here182people · 2025▼ 35.0% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — Belgium

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Nuclear
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Nuclear (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	0.98	0.63	4.15	0.02	1.35	0.27	0.2
2021-11-01	2.24	0.61	3.54	0.02	0.88	0.13	0.2
2021-12-01	1.95	0.65	4.38	0	1.24	0.06	0.22
2022-01-01	2.16	0.75	4.44	0	1.05	0.1	0.19
2022-02-01	1.16	0.66	3.67	0	1.7	0.22	0.1
2022-03-01	1.56	0.71	3.64	0.02	0.72	0.56	0.18
2022-04-01	1.11	0.64	3.65	0.02	0.98	0.71	0.17
2022-05-01	1.29	0.56	3.59	0.01	0.69	0.89	0.1
2022-06-01	1.42	0.58	3.01	0.01	0.6	0.87	0.2
2022-07-01	1.87	0.56	2.78	0	0.49	0.94	0.21
2022-08-01	2.2	0.55	3.33	0	0.52	0.86	0.19
2022-09-01	1.85	0.54	3.54	0	0.71	0.54	0.17
2022-10-01	1.98	0.56	3.21	0	1.11	0.43	0.14
2022-11-01	1.31	0.66	3.49	0.01	1.48	0.2	0.16
2022-12-01	2.11	0.76	3.39	0.01	1.23	0.1	0.14
2023-01-01	1.75	0.74	3.65	0.03	1.77	0.13	0.17
2023-02-01	1.93	0.71	2.65	0.02	1.07	0.32	0.18
2023-03-01	1.69	0.77	2.74	0.03	1.54	0.47	0.07
2023-04-01	1.26	0.65	2.36	0.03	0.97	0.77	0.05
2023-05-01	1.03	0.64	2.17	0.02	0.81	1.04	0.04
2023-06-01	1.46	0.5	2.27	0	0.69	1.17	0.04
2023-07-01	1.15	0.58	2.78	0	1.18	0.91	0.06
2023-08-01	1.27	0.57	2.49	0.01	0.76	0.85	0.05
2023-09-01	1.11	0.62	2.03	0	0.67	0.79	0.12
2023-10-01	0.79	0.72	2.4	0.01	1.41	0.44	0.06
2023-11-01	0.84	0.73	2.84	0.03	1.74	0.2	0.05
2023-12-01	1	0.8	2.91	0.03	1.97	0.11	0.05
2024-01-01	1.47	0.78	2.94	0.03	1.64	0.23	0.05
2024-02-01	0.66	0.39	2.72	0	1.54	0.24	0.03
2024-03-01	0.85	0.45	2.24	0	1.03	0.6	0.06
2024-04-01	0.76	0.69	2.1	0.03	1.43	0.84	0.06
2024-05-01	0.72	0.72	2.57	0.03	0.65	0.99	0.06
2024-06-01	0.79	0.66	2.58	0.02	0.7	1.2	0.05
2024-07-01	0.74	0.59	2.87	0.02	0.74	1.22	0.06
2024-08-01	0.72	0.57	2.74	0.01	0.85	1.25	0.06
2024-09-01	0.71	0.59	2.05	0.01	0.95	0.82	0.07
2024-10-01	0.82	0.67	2.15	0.03	0.86	0.58	0.06
2024-11-01	1.66	0.71	2.09	0.02	1.03	0.21	0.07
2024-12-01	1.25	0.69	2.71	0.03	1.59	0.13	0.06
2025-01-01	0.31	0.23	2.87	0.03	1.11	0.21	0.11
2025-02-01	0.34	0.22	2.48	0.03	0.98	0.47	0.12
2025-03-01	0.38	0.3	2.37	0.02	0.61	1	0.12
2025-04-01	0.26	0.25	1.58	0.01	0.72	1.26	0.11
2025-05-01	0.26	0.23	1.79	0	0.99	1.32	0.13
2025-06-01	0.97	0.4	1.71	0.01	1.01	1.37	0.19
2025-07-01	1.24	0.46	1.48	0	0.65	1.29	0.18
2025-08-01	0.87	0.44	1.75	0.01	0.72	1.28	0.2
2025-09-01	0.79	0.26	1.66	0.01	1.26	0.98	0.3
2025-10-01	1.37	0.41	1.59	0.01	1.31	0.46	0.23
2025-11-01	1.41	0.44	1.8	0.01	1.51	0.32	0.18
2025-12-01	1.82	0.47	1.54	0.03	1.66	0.25	0.19
2026-01-01	2.74	0.45	1.54	0.02	1.36	0.25	0.2
2026-02-01	1.39	0.44	1.39	0.01	1.48	0.4	0.17
2026-03-01	0.94	0.46	1.54	0.03	1.2	1.09	0.17
2026-04-01	1.08	0.42	0.09	0.02	1.01	1.44	0.16
2026-05-01	1.31	0.42	0	0.02	0.74	1.45	0.16
2026-06-01	1.33	0.36	0	0.01	0.99	1.5	0.13

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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