Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2016, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 0.1% compared to 2015, reaching 105.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.1%.

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 2.9% (from 102.8% in 2011).

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