Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2009, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 7.2% compared to 2008, reaching 99.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.7%.

Belgium ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 97.2% in 2004).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.