Belgium vs Ireland: Trade & Finance

This page compares Belgium and Ireland across 31 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	Belgium	Ireland	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$535.74B	$241.61B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$514.39B	$143.11B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	2.05	1.86	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	84.63	88.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	8.31	7.84	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$555.30B	$150.13B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	88.73	90.23	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.01	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$562.55B	$207.26B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	14.00	10.79	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.56	1.02	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.12	0.33	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.74	0.19	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	156.42	63.16	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	2.41	5.84	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	2.72	1.50	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	2.50	0.82	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	9.36	9.16	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	2.61	0.61	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	0.98	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	1.86	1.38	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.52	0.37	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.90	0.62	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	-$41.36B	$4.82B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.18	0.52	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	-6.16	0.79	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	1.90	0.62	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	0.98	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$10.11B	$2.69B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	20.39	53.52	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.