Participation in tourism for personal purposes - % of total population

In 2021, Belgium's participation in tourism for personal purposes increased by 28.3% compared to 2020, reaching 32.0.

Belgium accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 41.0.

Belgium ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.2% (from 31.3 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00186, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.