International tourism, expenditures in Belgium
Belgium: International tourism, expenditures was 3.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Belgium, 2002–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Belgium is 3.4%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 28.7% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Belgium peaked at 6.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2020.
Belgium ranks 100th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6.1% | — |
| 2003 | 6.4% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | -26.1% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | -28.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.3% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More private sector data for Belgium
- Merchandise trade 152.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 537.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 568.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 47,573 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7831 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Belgium?
- International tourism, expenditures in Belgium was 3.4% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Belgium ranks 100th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.