Belgium · Net Income from Abroad · % of GDP

## What this measures

Net primary income from abroad for Belgium (what residents earn on assets and work abroad minus what they pay foreigners), as a share of GDP. A Palanor calculation: GNI ÷ GDP − 1.

## Why it matters

A creditor country earns income on its foreign assets; a debtor pays it out. It is one of the four legs of the balance-of-payments stages.

## How to read it

Positive means the country earns more from abroad than it pays out.

## What it does not say

Includes reinvested profits of multinationals, which is why some hosts of foreign investment (Ireland, Luxembourg) read very negative.

## Source

Palanor calculation: NY.GNP.MKTP.CD ÷ NY.GDP.MKTP.CD − 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0 per the indicator's metadata), indicator `NY.GNP.MKTP.CD, NY.GDP.MKTP.CD`, annual, dated December 31. Read weekly by the sovereign-panel sync, which rewrites the history so revisions carry through.