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Belgium: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 126 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−5.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom −4.40%
Average, 2016–2025
−3.78%10 years
Record high and low
3.06% (1927)low −31.6% (1948)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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-35%-30%-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%18801900192019401960198020002020BelgiumBelgium
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-5.78Forecast
2030-5.66Forecast
2029-5.41Forecast
2028-5.32Forecast
2027-5.19Forecast
2026-4.47Forecast
2025-5.20
2024-4.40
2023-4.10
2022-3.50
2021-5.40
2020-9.00
2019-2.00
2018-1.00
2017-0.80
2016-2.40

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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