Belgium vs Ireland

Belgium vs Ireland: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1% a year in Belgium and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 7 percentage points, or 8.11 times that in Belgium.

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% a year · IMF

Belgium vs Ireland: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1% a year in Belgium and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 7 percentage points, or 8.11 times that in Belgium.
BelgiumIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ireland has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Belgium.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 124 and Ireland ranked 11 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belgium at 1.3% a year and Ireland at 2.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBelgiumIreland
202518
20241.13.6
20231.6-3.3
202248.2
20216.316.6
2020-4.87
20192.45
20181.97.7
20171.510.1
20161.21.2
20151.524.7
20141.89.4
20130.32.2
20120.2-0.4
20111.91.6
20102.71.7
2009-1.9-5.1
20080.4-4.5
20073.75.3
20062.65
20052.35.7
20043.66.7
200313
20021.75.9
20011.15.3
20003.79.4
19993.510.5
199828.8
19973.810.8
19961.39.1
19952.49.6
19943.25.9
1993-12.3
19921.53.6
19911.81.6
19903.17.7
19893.55.6
19884.73
19872.33.6
19861.80.4
19851.71.9
19842.53.2
19830.3-0.7
19820.61.5
1981-0.32.5
19804.42.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBelgiumIreland
20260.7-1
20271.13.7
20281.22.9
20291.32.4
20301.32.3
20311.32.3

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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