Belgium vs United Arab Emirates: GDP per person
GDP per person: $45,150 in Belgium in 2025 and $41,610 in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by $3,410, or 1.08 times that in United Arab Emirates.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | $45,150 2025 | $40,890 | 18 of 186 |
| United Arab Emirates | $41,610 2024 | $44,260 | — |
| World | $12,130 2025 | $10,190 |
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2020, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
- The world as a whole: $11,890 in 2024.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Belgium | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,150 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $45,020 | $41,610 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $44,830 | $41,930 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $44,520 | $41,830 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $43,140 | $40,940 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $40,770 | $39,880 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $43,010 | $43,470 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $42,210 | $43,380 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $41,620 | $43,290 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $41,170 | $45,170 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $40,890 | $44,910 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $40,530 | $44,260 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $40,010 | $44,310 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $40,070 | $43,960 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $40,240 | $43,690 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $39,990 | $42,330 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $39,290 | $42,670 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $40,380 | $47,920 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $40,520 | $52,040 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $39,370 | $56,630 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $38,650 | $55,360 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $37,980 | $55,610 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $36,830 | $53,620 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $36,600 | $52,220 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $36,150 | $54,170 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $35,880 | $56,940 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $34,680 | $54,940 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $33,570 | $57,360 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $32,990 | $61,720 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $31,860 | $61,870 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $31,510 | $62,390 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $30,840 | $61,160 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,970 | $59,940 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $30,380 | $62,200 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $30,040 | $63,430 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $29,610 | $66,480 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $28,790 | $59,590 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $27,930 | $56,450 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $26,760 | $61,930 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $26,170 | $64,260 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $25,720 | $80,470 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $25,310 | $88,070 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $24,700 | $89,520 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $24,620 | $99,530 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $24,460 | $113,200 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $24,530 | $117,100 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $23,510 | $105,300 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $23,000 | $98,090 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $22,380 | $113,600 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $22,270 | $107,900 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $21,120 | $105,000 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $21,600 | $109,700 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $20,720 | $107,400 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $19,540 | $68,920 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $18,630 | $56,950 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $17,950 | $48,740 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $16,900 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $15,890 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $15,310 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $14,820 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $14,470 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $14,100 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $13,310 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $12,850 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $12,260 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $11,720 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time