Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium
Belgium: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium stood at 0. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium peaked at 0 in 2006 and was at its lowest, -2.00 billion, in 2017.
That places Belgium 1st out of 85 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -668.91 million | -1.75 billion | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | -428.41 million | -2.00 billion | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Belgium
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 64,305 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.14 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 255.88 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 23.32 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 17.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 41.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 40.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 3,423 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Belgium was 0 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0 in 2006.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.00 billion in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Belgium ranks 1st out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Foreign currency loans, securities and deposits, principal, More than 1 and up to 3 months, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL . Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.