Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2018, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 2.3% compared to 2017, reaching 100.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 79.5%.

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 fallen by 4.7% (from 105.1% in 2013).

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