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Belgium: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1835–2024 · 178 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
85.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 85.3%
Average, 2015–2024
87.3%10 years
Record high and low
123.5% (1922)low 11.2% (1837)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202485.4
202385.3
202285.0
202190.8
202092.8
201982.8
201885.1
201787.4
201689.5
201589.1

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1835–2010
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1995

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Belgium documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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