Net International Investment Position (NIIP) of Belgium 2017-2022

The Net International Investment Position (NIIP) of Belgium from the first quarter of 2017 to the third quarter of 2022 (in billion euros) fluctuated over time. In the third quarter of 2022, the total value was worth 280 billion euros. This is an increase from 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Belgium. The Net International Investment Position (NIIP) is the value of financial assets of Belgian residents abroad minus the value of financial assets of non-residents in Belgium and is calculated as a percentage of GDP. If the NIIP is negative, a country is in debt to the rest of the world. A large negative net international investment position means that a country is sensitive to developments on international capital markets and effectively is a debtor nation. A positive NIIP value indicates a nation is a creditor nation. For this indicator the European Commission has only set a lower limit of -35 percent. Financial investors use this indicator to gauge the creditworthiness of a country.

自2017年第一季度至2022年第三季度，比利时国际投资净头寸（NIIP）以十亿欧元为单位，其数值随时间波动。2022年第三季度，其总价值达到了2800亿欧元。这一数值相较于COVID-19疫情首次冲击比利时的2020年有所上升。国际投资净头寸（NIIP）是指比利时居民在海外的金融资产价值减去比利时非居民金融资产的价值，并以国内生产总值（GDP）的百分比进行计算。若NIIP为负值，则该国对世界其他国家处于负债状态。较大的负净国际投资头寸意味着该国对国际资本市场的波动较为敏感，实际上已成为债务国。而正的NIIP值则表明该国为债权国。对于这一指标，欧洲委员会仅设定了-35%的下限。金融投资者利用这一指标来评估国家的信用度。