Belgium — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1835–2030 · 189 observations
About this series
Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
For Belgium, the combined government expenditure reading stood at 54.4% of GDP in 2025. Against 54.5% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.11 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 53.8% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2000–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | 55.1 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 54.8 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 54.4 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 54 % of GDP |
| 2026 | 54 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2025 | 54.4 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 54.5 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 53.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 52.2 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 54.9 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 58.5 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 51.8 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 52.5 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 52.3 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 53.4 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 53.9 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 55.4 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 55.9 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 56.2 % of GDP |
| 2011 | 55 % of GDP |
Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.