Participation in tourism for personal purposes - % of total population

In 2024, Belgium's participation in tourism for personal purposes decreased by 9.3% compared to 2023, reaching 40.1.

Belgium accounts for 80.9% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

Belgium ranks 17th 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 0.8% (from 39.8 in 2019).

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