Belgium - Changes in inventories

Changes in inventories (current US$)

The latest value for Changes in inventories (current US$) in Belgium was $1,221,807,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $9,653,122,000 in 2018 and ($2,953,731,000) in 2009.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $1,544,045,000
1971 $1,471,187,000
1972 $807,647,400
1973 $2,197,907,000
1974 $4,164,057,000
1975 ($610,840,200)
1976 $961,483,800
1977 $1,493,634,000
1978 $1,285,081,000
1979 $3,552,411,000
1980 $4,264,955,000
1981 $1,767,110,000
1982 $2,265,182,000
1983 ($562,374,000)
1984 $2,422,996,000
1985 ($307,478,100)
1986 ($1,187,739,000)
1987 $837,426,200
1988 $1,837,120,000
1989 $1,349,437,000
1990 ($68,290,680)
1991 $497,887,800
1992 $851,775,400
1993 $1,556,789,000
1994 $5,429,395,000
1995 $1,610,153,000
1996 $1,245,472,000
1997 $1,127,199,000
1998 $1,468,882,000
1999 $1,349,273,000
2000 $3,021,229,000
2001 $576,606,300
2002 $131,718,400
2003 $1,496,638,000
2004 $4,449,812,000
2005 $5,890,519,000
2006 $6,716,324,000
2007 $6,170,303,000
2008 $9,408,275,000
2009 ($2,953,731,000)
2010 $4,831,972,000
2011 $7,831,975,000
2012 $3,612,183,000
2013 $1,331,571,000
2014 $1,768,633,000
2015 $3,072,352,000
2016 $4,639,031,000
2017 $5,922,128,000
2018 $9,653,122,000
2019 $4,341,994,000
2020 $1,221,807,000

Changes in inventories (current LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (current LCU) in Belgium was 1,069,700,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,174,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of -2,117,700,000 in 2009.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1970 1,913,844,000
1971 1,789,110,000
1972 881,224,000
1973 2,123,618,000
1974 4,020,813,000
1975 -556,903,000
1976 920,140,000
1977 1,327,094,000
1978 1,003,263,000
1979 2,581,892,000
1980 3,091,666,000
1981 1,626,448,000
1982 2,565,545,000
1983 -712,809,000
1984 3,470,699,000
1985 -452,577,000
1986 -1,315,302,000
1987 775,038,000
1988 1,674,535,000
1989 1,318,130,000
1990 -56,572,000
1991 421,462,000
1992 678,865,000
1993 1,335,102,000
1994 4,503,140,000
1995 1,176,700,000
1996 955,900,000
1997 999,600,000
1998 1,321,700,000
1999 1,266,000,000
2000 3,271,100,000
2001 643,800,000
2002 139,300,000
2003 1,323,100,000
2004 3,577,300,000
2005 4,734,800,000
2006 5,349,100,000
2007 4,502,300,000
2008 6,396,900,000
2009 -2,117,700,000
2010 3,644,800,000
2011 5,626,600,000
2012 2,811,500,000
2013 1,002,600,000
2014 1,331,300,000
2015 2,769,100,000
2016 4,191,000,000
2017 5,242,300,000
2018 8,174,000,000
2019 3,878,600,000
2020 1,069,700,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts