Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q17,326Kchart11,350K2025Q1Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€39,510Mchart€15,157,490M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$42,765Mchart$16,406,127M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€28,740chart€43,0402024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$31,174chart$47,8872024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q1€10,037Mchart€3,888,531M2025Q1Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20249,327chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202410,098chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202423.60%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€6,808chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$7,371chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-601chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-721chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-1.50%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202417,379.9chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202418,902.4chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,859.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20211,940.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202114.25%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20242,290,800,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20242,479,516,104.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202213.20%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,094.7chart235,237.82023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,183.7chart254,283.82023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20236.77%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202444.00%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€12,686chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$13,797chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,398
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$1,653
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€1,666
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024$1,804
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€802chart€6712023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$864chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]03/08/2024A1
S&P Rating [+]05/31/2024A+
Fitch Rating [+]03/27/2020AA-
Corruption Index [+]202376
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201931º
Fragile States Index [+]202436.5
RTI Raking [+]202448º
Innovation Ranking [+]202416º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]May 20257.8%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q18.6%
Unemployed [+]2025Q164K
NMW [+]2025$920.5
NMW [+]2025€886.0
Average Wage [+]2024$25,902
Average Wage [+]2024€23,930
Human Capital Ranking [+]201712º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]07/18/20250.8584chart0.858407/18/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]07/18/202518.94%chart10.11%07/18/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]June 20255.0%
HICP [+]June 20255.2%chart2.0%June 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]May 20250.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%chart2.15%06/11/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202018º
IPI Year on Year [+]May 20251.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202449,195
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202219.59
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021729.37
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202435.8%
Standard VAT [+]07/01/200920.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20228.7%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20222,166,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€17,400.0M
Exports [+]2024$18,833.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202444.04%
Imports [+]2024€20,733.7M
Imports [+]2024$22,441.7M
Imports % GDP [+]202452.48%
Trade balance [+]2024€-3,333.6M
Trade balance [+]2024$-3,608.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-8.44%
Retail Sales YoY [+]May 20252.4%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201523º
Density [+]202430chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202424º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017559.3
% Immigrant [+]202014.98%
% Emigrant [+]202015.54%
Birth Rate [+]20247.10‰chart8.14‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017201.5
Crude death rate [+]202411.50‰chart10.55‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.31chart1.382023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20234.70‰
% risk of poverty [+]202420.2%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]20241,369,995chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020199,277
Emigrant stock [+]2020206,631
HDI [+]20220.899
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202429º
Life expectancy [+]202379.10chart82.192023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2023197
Suicide rate [+]202314.33
Number of homicides [+]202321
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.54
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20238.87
Consumption GWh [+]20238,636
Generation GWh [+]20236,495
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20242,998
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024610,471
Fully vaccinated [+]08/12/2024862,748
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20242,180.86
Doses administered [+]08/12/20242,171,623
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros