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Government Expense / Belgium
Public Finance

Belgium Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Belgium, including latest value (39.74), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Belgium
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Belgium · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
83 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 20.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.5 / 20
External stability 14.8 / 15
Financial robustness 11.1 / 15
Structural stability 7.9 / 10
Future capacity 9.4 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 78% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1995–2022 1995– 2022
1995 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Belgium · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1995–2022
39.74 percent of GDP
41.41 percent of GDP
41.74 percent of GDP
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government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 31.17
France 47.26
United Kingdom 41.23
United States 24.9
Japan 20.93

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Belgium Snapshot

country profile
Population 11.86 m
GDP 671.37 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 3.14%
Unemployment 5.91%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Belgium Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Belgium. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: belgium government expense rate, government expense data belgium, belgium government expense statistics, belgium percent of gdp.