GDP per capita, long-run history in Belgium

Latest: 41,872
Previous: 40,971
Change: +901.59 (+2.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 Recession

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in Belgium
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	12,532
Dec 31, 1964	13,295
Dec 31, 1965	13,643
Dec 31, 1966	13,989
Dec 31, 1967	14,461
Dec 31, 1968	15,009
Dec 31, 1969	15,969
Dec 31, 1970	16,914
Dec 31, 1971	17,486
Dec 31, 1972	18,336
Dec 31, 1973	19,399
Dec 31, 1974	20,153
Dec 31, 1975	19,831
Dec 31, 1976	20,916
Dec 31, 1977	21,025
Dec 31, 1978	21,605
Dec 31, 1979	22,094
Dec 31, 1980	23,060
Dec 31, 1981	22,760
Dec 31, 1982	23,071
Dec 31, 1983	23,071
Dec 31, 1984	23,644
Dec 31, 1985	23,873
Dec 31, 1986	24,221
Dec 31, 1987	24,772
Dec 31, 1988	25,905
Dec 31, 1989	26,690
Dec 31, 1990	27,412
Dec 31, 1991	27,848
Dec 31, 1992	28,200
Dec 31, 1993	27,857
Dec 31, 1994	28,707
Dec 31, 1995	29,370
Dec 31, 1996	29,820
Dec 31, 1997	30,894
Dec 31, 1998	31,481
Dec 31, 1999	32,572
Dec 31, 2000	33,720
Dec 31, 2001	33,923
Dec 31, 2002	34,420
Dec 31, 2003	34,588
Dec 31, 2004	35,740
Dec 31, 2005	36,338
Dec 31, 2006	37,052
Dec 31, 2007	38,083
Dec 31, 2008	38,117
Dec 31, 2009	36,999
Dec 31, 2010	37,739
Dec 31, 2011	38,130
Dec 31, 2012	38,173
Dec 31, 2013	38,170
Dec 31, 2014	38,599
Dec 31, 2015	39,160
Dec 31, 2016	39,457
Dec 31, 2017	39,941
Dec 31, 2018	40,472
Dec 31, 2019	41,156
Dec 31, 2020	38,763
Dec 31, 2021	40,971
Dec 31, 2022	41,872

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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