Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q12,382Kchart11,350K2025Q1Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€2,006,681Mchart€15,157,490M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$2,171,337Mchart$16,406,127M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€9,479chart€43,0402024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$10,257chart$47,8882024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q1€504,335Mchart€3,888,531M2025Q1Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20231,701,739chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]20231,840,567chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202384.00%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€8,039chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$8,694chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-156,244chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-168,990chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-7.71%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023917,906.0chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023992,788.7chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202074,646.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202191,835.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202011.56%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202276,060.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202280,124.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20229.00%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202321,854.4chart235,250.02023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202323,637.3chart254,191.52023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.24%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202345.31%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€4,336chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$4,690chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€357
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$407
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€362
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$381
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€103chart€6712023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$112chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]05/30/2025Ba1
S&P Rating [+]12/19/2023BB
Fitch Rating [+]05/05/2020BB-
Corruption Index [+]202336
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201971º
Fragile States Index [+]202470.3
RTI Raking [+]202428º
Innovation Ranking [+]202450º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]August 202113.2%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2018Q411.7%
Unemployed [+]2018Q412,193K
NMW [+]2024$291.0
NMW [+]2024€263.3
Human Capital Ranking [+]201777º
Markets
Euro / Brazilian reals [+]07/10/20256.5690
US Dollar exchange rate [+]07/10/20255.5427chart0.854007/10/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]07/10/202513.68%chart11.74%07/10/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]June 20255.2%
2.0%June 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]August 20157.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/20/202515.00%chart2.15%06/11/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]2019109º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20241,948,681
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202412.45
Motor vehicle production [+]20232,324,838
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020218.59
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202233.3%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201718.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202027.5%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20223,630,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2023€314,155.0M
Exports [+]2023$339,695.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202315.51%
Imports [+]2023€233,709.9M
Imports [+]2023$252,710.5M
Imports % GDP [+]202311.54%
Trade balance [+]2023€80,445.1M
Trade balance [+]2023$86,985.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20233.97%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 2022-1.9%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201556º
Density [+]202325chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024131º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,698.8
% Immigrant [+]20200.52%
% Emigrant [+]20200.91%
Birth Rate [+]202312.32‰chart8.14‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,758.9
Crude death rate [+]20237.08‰chart10.55‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.62chart1.382023Fertility Rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]201726.5%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]2023211,695,000chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20201,079,708
Emigrant stock [+]20201,897,128
HDI [+]20220.760
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202470º
Life expectancy [+]202375.85chart82.192023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]202115,495
Suicide rate [+]20217.30
Number of homicides [+]202340,698
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202319.28
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.20
Annual crude oil production [+]20243,356
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202112,714.6
Consumption GWh [+]2023608,451
Generation GWh [+]2023700,259
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024702,116
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202437,511,921
Fully vaccinated [+]03/22/2023176,164,186
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20243,316.64
Doses administered [+]03/22/2023486,436,436
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros