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Belgium: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 148 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
28.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 27.7%
Average, 2016–2025
27.8%10 years
Record high and low
42.6% (1948)low 4.51% (1872)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202528.3
202427.7
202327.7
202227.1
202128.9
202030.8
201926.5
201826.7
201726.9
201627.6

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • GPIH government budgets1880–1975
  • Mitchell1924–1993
  • World Development Indicators1995–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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