Belgium

Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Belgium: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.

Europe

Belgium’s share of each world total, 2025

Selenium4th of 165.2%
Indium6th of 81.7%
Arsenic4th of 51.6%
Lime20th of 220.3%

Belgium’s largest world share was in selenium: 5.2% in 2025. It supplied 27% of U.S. imports of germanium (germanium metal) in 2021–24. USGS lists Belgium separately in 4 of its 75 world production tables.

Production listings

ranks among countries with published figures

Belgium in the USGS world tables, 2025 (estimates). Units differ by commodity and are never compared across rows.
Commodity	Measure	2025	Unit	Rank	Change on 2024
Arsenic	Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight)	1,000	metric tons, gross weight	4th of 5	0%
Indium	Refinery production	19	metric tons	6th of 8	0%
Lime	Lime production	1,100	thousand metric tons	20th of 22	0%
Selenium	Refinery production	200	metric tons, selenium content	4th of 16	0%

Supplier to the United States

share of U.S. imports, 2021–24

GermaniumGermanium metal27%
GemstonesDiamond11%
Platinum-group metalsPalladium6%
Iron oxide pigmentsNatural3%

Similar producer profiles

most shared commodities, relative to both lists

Russia4 commodities in common
China4 commodities in common
Japan3 commodities in common
Canada3 commodities in common

Compare Belgium with other countries

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.