Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$821 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 6 $747.5 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$661.9 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 $593 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Exchange rates:

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)

Communications ::Belgium

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.457 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 34

Telephones - mobile cellular: