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Belgium: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1835–2025 · 181 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
107.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.9 pointsfrom 103.9%
Average, 2016–2025
104.4%10 years
Record high and low
234.3% (1943)low 9.67% (1837)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031122.5Forecast
2030119.7Forecast
2029116.8Forecast
2028114.4Forecast
2027111.7Forecast
2026110.1Forecast
2025107.9
2024103.9
2023102.5
2022103.3
2021108.7
2020111.4
201997.7
2018100.2
2017102.6
2016105.8

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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