Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2025, Belgium's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 3.8% compared to 2024, reaching 107.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 81.7%.

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 fallen by 3.1% (from 111.4% in 2020).

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