Belgium is the 22 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Belgium averaged 19.08 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 24.00 in 2007 and a record low of 15.00 in 2012. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 981.00 1116.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence -13.70 -8.80 points Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization 76.90 78.60 percent Mar 2026
New Passenger Car Registrations 37075.00 32997.00 Units Feb 2026
Changes in Inventories 2745.20 2151.10 EUR Million Sep 2025
Corruption Index 69.00 69.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 21.00 22.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 5445.32 5560.77 Gigawatt-hour Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 4.00 11.20 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production MoM -4.80 1.00 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production 5.20 13.60 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production 19.70 9.70 percent Jan 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 8.98 8.98 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 5.53 0.00 GWh/d Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 2.24 2.23 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 0.00 29.60 GWh/d Mar 2026
New Car Registrations YoY -7.70 -18.70 percent Feb 2026


Belgium Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
22.00 21.00 24.00 15.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly