Table of Contents

List of Exhibits

Did you Know?

Country Highlights

Country Snapshot

PESTLE Insights

Political Landscape

Economic Landscape

Social Landscape

Technological Landscape

Legal Landscape

Environmental Landscape

Outlook

PESTLE Insights: Belgium - Macroeconomic Outlook Report

Summary

Financial intermediation contributed 29.2% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2019, followed by other services (24.7%) and mining, manufacturing and utilities (16.6%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecast to grow by 3.1%, 4% and 2.4%, respectively in 2020.

The Flemish region is among best performing regions in Belgium. It contributed 59.2% to GDP and comprised 57.5% of the Belgian population in 2017.

In 2018, Belgium witnessed a massive turnaround in its investments in services and manufacturing sectors

Scope

- Belgium ranked third out of 160 nations in the World Bank's logistics performance index (LPI) in 2018.
- Rising trend of the BEL 20 (^BFX) index over last year exhibits progress of the economy.
- As of January 21, 2019, BEL 20 (^BFX) index stood at 3,482.6, compared to 4,010.3 on January 20, 2020.

Reasons to buy

- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.