Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2014, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 1.4% compared to 2013, reaching 106.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.9%.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 6.7% (from 99.9% in 2009).

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