General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Belgium's general government expenditure by function decreased by 2.3% compared to 2020, reaching 8.40.

Belgium accounts for 105.0% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

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 10.5% (from 7.60 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.