Participation in tourism for personal purposes - % of total population

In 2023, Belgium's participation in tourism for personal purposes increased by 12.6% compared to 2022, reaching 44.2.

Belgium accounts for 89.4% of the EU-27 total of 49.4.

Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.9% (from 41.7 in 2018).

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