Belgium vs Netherlands: Trade & Finance

This page compares Belgium and Netherlands across 32 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	Belgium	Netherlands	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$535.74B	$921.22B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$514.39B	$814.04B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	2.05	1.41	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	84.63	69.61	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	8.31	19.68	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.02	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$555.30B	$838.01B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	88.73	90.55	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.01	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$562.55B	$910.17B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	14.00	28.78	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.56	1.72	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.12	0.54	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.74	1.34	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	156.42	142.83	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	2.41	3.48	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	2.72	2.13	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	2.50	2.60	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	9.36	7.70	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	2.61	1.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	1.59	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	1.86	3.32	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.52	2.73	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.90	1.75	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	-$41.36B	-$17.06B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.18	0.82	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	-6.16	-1.40	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	1.90	1.75	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	1.59	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$10.11B	$18.13B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	20.39	23.47	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	N/A	0.35	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.