Harmonized Euro area rates: Loans, New Business, Consumption floating in Belgium
Belgium: Harmonized Euro area rates: Loans, New Business, Consumption floating was 6.26 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Harmonized Euro area rates: Loans, New Business, Consumption floating in Belgium, 2003–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2024, harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating in Belgium stood at 6.26.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating in Belgium peaked at 7.03 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.05, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Harmonized Euro area rates: Loans, New Business, Consumption floating in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6.61 | — |
| 2004 | 6.47 | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 6.32 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 6.56 | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 6.98 | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 7.03 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 6.15 | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 5.78 | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 5.98 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 6.21 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 5.96 | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 4.81 | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 3.89 | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 3.33 | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 3.48 | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 3.05 | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 3.47 | +13.9% |
| 2020 | 3.22 | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 3.48 | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 4.99 | +43.5% |
| 2023 | 6.03 | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 6.26 | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.59 | 6.15 | 7.03 | 7 |
| 2010s | 4.6 | 3.05 | 6.21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8 | 3.22 | 6.26 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating in Belgium?
- Harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating in Belgium was 6.26 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 7.03 in 2008.
- What is the lowest harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.05 in 2018.
- How does Belgium rank for harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating?
- Belgium ranks 15th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is harmonized euro area rates: loans, new business, consumption floating rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Harmonized Euro area rates: Loans, New Business, Consumption floating rate, Households, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.