Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2024, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 1.4% compared to 2023, reaching 103.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 80.7%.

Belgium ranks 4th 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 6.3% (from 97.7% in 2019).

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