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Belgium: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1835–2025 · 184 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
54.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 54.1%
Average, 2016–2025
53.7%10 years
Record high and low
63.3% (1983)low 4.53% (1872)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203155.4Forecast
203055.1Forecast
202954.8Forecast
202854.4Forecast
202754.2Forecast
202654.2Forecast
202554.2
202454.1
202352.8
202252.5
202154.9
202058.5
201951.8
201852.5
201752.3
201653.4

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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