Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2021, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 2.4% compared to 2020, reaching 108.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.7%.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 2.7% (from 105.8% in 2016).

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