Belgium vs Netherlands: Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added

Belgium

51.2%

in 2022

Netherlands

53.9%

in 2022

Belgium rank

12th

Netherlands rank

10th

Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added over time

Netherlands currently reports 53.9% against 51.2% in Belgium, a difference of 2.7%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 10th of 153 countries.

Indicator: Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added)
Unit: % manufacturing value added
Source: Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) database, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 153 places, 5,048 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added of manufacturing