Belgium vs Netherlands: Foreign direct investment, net

Belgium
9.47 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Netherlands
11.13 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Belgium rank
14th
Netherlands rank
12th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
-100.0B0100.0B200.0B196719962025

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 11.13 billion BoP, current US$ against 9.47 billion BoP, current US$ in Belgium, a difference of 1.66 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 12th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,300 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.