Belgium vs Netherlands: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Belgium

-28.79 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Netherlands

-17.06 billion BoP, current US$

in 2024

Belgium rank

198th

Netherlands rank

197th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

Belgium
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports -17.06 billion BoP, current US$ against -28.79 billion BoP, current US$ in Belgium, a difference of 11.73 billion BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 22 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 198th and Netherlands ranks 197th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 12,232 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.