Inflation in Belgium
Inflation in Belgium was 5.3% in October 2026, according to Statbel.
So far this year (January–October 2026), prices are 3.3% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 2.5%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 34.1% in total, an average of 3.0% a year.
Inflation in Belgium by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what €100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | €100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Oct) | 3.3% | – |
| 2025 | 2.5% | €100 |
| 2024 | 3.1% | €102 |
| 2023 | 4.0% | €106 |
| 2022 | 9.6% | €110 |
| 2021 | 2.4% | €121 |
| 2020 | 0.7% | €123 |
| 2019 | 1.4% | €124 |
| 2018 | 2.1% | €126 |
| 2017 | 2.1% | €129 |
| 2016 | 2.0% | €131 |
| 2015 | 0.6% | €134 |
| 2014 | 0.3% | €135 |
| 2013 | 1.1% | €135 |
| 2012 | 2.8% | €137 |
| 2011 | 3.5% | €141 |
| 2010 | 2.2% | €146 |
| 2009 | -0.1% | €149 |
| 2008 | 4.5% | €149 |
| 2007 | 1.8% | €155 |
| 2006 | 1.8% | €158 |
Show every year back to 1948
| 2005 | 2.8% | €161 |
| 2004 | 2.1% | €166 |
| 2003 | 1.6% | €169 |
| 2002 | 1.6% | €172 |
| 2001 | 2.5% | €175 |
| 2000 | 2.5% | €179 |
| 1999 | 1.1% | €183 |
| 1998 | 1.0% | €186 |
| 1997 | 1.6% | €187 |
| 1996 | 2.1% | €190 |
| 1995 | 1.5% | €194 |
| 1994 | 2.4% | €197 |
| 1993 | 2.8% | €202 |
| 1992 | 2.4% | €207 |
| 1991 | 3.2% | €212 |
| 1990 | 3.4% | €219 |
| 1989 | 3.1% | €227 |
| 1988 | 1.2% | €234 |
| 1987 | 1.6% | €237 |
| 1986 | 1.3% | €240 |
| 1985 | 4.9% | €243 |
| 1984 | 6.3% | €255 |
| 1983 | 7.7% | €271 |
| 1982 | 8.7% | €292 |
| 1981 | 7.6% | €318 |
| 1980 | 6.7% | €342 |
| 1979 | 4.5% | €365 |
| 1978 | 4.5% | €381 |
| 1977 | 7.1% | €398 |
| 1976 | 9.2% | €426 |
| 1975 | 12.8% | €465 |
| 1974 | 12.7% | €525 |
| 1973 | 7.0% | €591 |
| 1972 | 5.4% | €632 |
| 1971 | 4.3% | €667 |
| 1970 | 3.9% | €696 |
| 1969 | 3.7% | €723 |
| 1968 | 2.8% | €750 |
| 1967 | 2.9% | €771 |
| 1966 | 4.2% | €793 |
| 1965 | 4.1% | €826 |
| 1964 | 4.2% | €859 |
| 1963 | 2.1% | €895 |
| 1962 | 1.4% | €914 |
| 1961 | 1.0% | €928 |
| 1960 | 0.3% | €936 |
| 1959 | 1.2% | €939 |
| 1958 | 1.3% | €951 |
| 1957 | 3.2% | €963 |
| 1956 | 2.4% | €994 |
| 1955 | -0.5% | €1,017 |
| 1954 | 1.8% | €1,012 |
| 1953 | -0.3% | €1,030 |
| 1952 | 0.9% | €1,027 |
| 1951 | 9.4% | €1,036 |
| 1950 | -0.8% | €1,133 |
| 1949 | -3.3% | €1,123 |
| 1948 | 14.7% | €1,087 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1948 was 14.7% in 1948. The largest fall in prices was 3.3% in 1949. Prices last fell in 2009, by 0.1%.
About the figures
Statbel's consumer price index. Belgium published no index from May 1940 to the end of 1946, so the series starts in 1947. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Statbel, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from Belgian francs at the fixed rate of €1 = 40.3399 Belgian francs.
Source: Statbel
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 2.2% (Sept 2026) | 1.5% | 1.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.3% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.0% (Sept 2026) | 2.9% | 3.6% (2025) | 4.6% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 3.7% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.6% (2025) | 3.1% |