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Belgium: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
24.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 24.4%
Average, 2016–2025
23.7%10 years
Record high and low
24.6% (2025)low 12.9% (1951)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202724.3Forecast
202624.4Forecast
202524.6
202424.4
202323.7
202223.3
202123.8
202024.2
201923.0
201823.2
201723.1
201623.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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