Country comparison Germany vs Belgium

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Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20250.2%chart1.0%2025GDP Growth (%) [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q413,571Kchart13,638K2025Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2025€4,469,910Mchart€641,893M2025Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2025$5,050,923Mchart$725,328M2025Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2025€53,520chart€53,9202025GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2025$60,434chart$61,0372025GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q4€1,134,235Mchart€162,072M2025Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20242,693,780chart644,3982024Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]20242,972,835chart695,6262024Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202462.20%chart103.90%2024Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€32,231chart€54,2262024Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$35,570chart$58,5372024Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-115,295chart-27,0582024Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-124,755chart-30,0272024Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-2.70%chart-4.40%2024Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20242,139,717.0chart335,287.52024Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]20242,315,290.7chart361,996.92024Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023188,813.7chart35,228.42022Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2023204,158.4chart37,255.92022Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20239.26%chart12.01%2022Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2024455,619.0chart49,726.62024Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2024493,152.9chart53,823.12024Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202319.21%chart14.93%2023Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202481,900.0chart7,921.22024Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202488,646.9chart8,573.82024Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20243.93%chart2.36%2024Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202449.40%chart54.10%2024Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€25,602chart€28,2152024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$27,702chart$30,4622024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023€2,267chart€3,0162022Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023$2,452chart$3,2092022Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€5,459chart€4,2082024Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024$5,909chart$4,5552024Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€981chart€6682024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$1,061chart$7182024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]05/09/2025AaaAa310/11/2024Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]08/17/1983AAAAA11/25/2011S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]01/17/2020AAAAA-04/03/2020Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202378chart732023Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]20197ºchart22º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]202424.0chart30.32024Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]2024127ºchart122º2024RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]20249ºchart24º2024Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20264.0%chart6.4%January 2026Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q43.7%chart6.4%2025Q4Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2025Q41,657Kchart352K2025Q4Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2026$2,753.0chart$2,481.62026NMW [+]
NMW [+]2026€2,343.0chart€2,112.02026NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]2024$68,501chart$65,8532024Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]2024€63,288chart€60,8412024Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]20176ºchart15º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/13/20260.8714chart0.871403/13/2026US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/13/20262.98%chart3.47%03/13/202610-Year Bond Yield [+]
4903/13/2026Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/13/2026-3.67%chart1.37%03/13/2026Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20261.9%chart2.4%November 2025CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]December 20252.0%chart2.2%December 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]January 2026-2.9%chart0.9%January 2026PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%chart2.15%06/11/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202022ºchart46º2020Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2026-1.6%chart4.0%January 2026IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20245,421,109chart849,888December 2024Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202235.66chart36.75December 2022Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]20234,109,371chart332,1032023Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021633.46chart591.192021Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202440.7%chart44.5%2024Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200719.00%chart21.00%01/01/2006Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202247.5%chart60.2%2022Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202228,463,000chart8,220,0002022Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2025€1,562,326.7Mchart€503,249.9M2025Exports [+]
Exports [+]2025$1,765,397.9Mchart$568,662.3M2025Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202534.95%chart78.40%2025Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2025€1,365,906.4Mchart€476,599.4M2025Imports [+]
Imports [+]2025$1,543,446.9Mchart$538,547.8M2025Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202530.56%chart74.25%2025Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2025€196,420.3Mchart€26,650.6M2025Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2025$221,951.0Mchart$30,114.5M2025Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]20254.39%chart4.15%2025Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20261.3%chart0.5%January 2026Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]20154ºchart24º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]2024234chart3872024Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202420ºchart16º2024Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20211.70‰chart1.70‰2023Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]201716,833.3chart10,273.02017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]202018.96%chart17.36%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]20204.64%chart5.00%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20248.10‰chart9.20‰2024Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201724,670.9chart6,021.62017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202412.10‰chart9.50‰2024Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20241.36chart1.442024Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20244.20‰chart4.00‰2023Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202516.1%chart10.9%2025% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202483,577,140chart11,883,4952024Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]202015,762,457chart2,005,4792020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]20203,855,268chart577,4632020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20220.950chart0.9422022HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]20247ºchart12º2024Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202481.20chart82.402024Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]202310,426chart1,5852023Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]202312.47chart13.342023Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]2023770chart1252021Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.91chart1.082021Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.06chart7.182023CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Annual crude oil production [+]202429
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021115.2
Consumption GWh [+]2024490,353chart79,0162024Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]2024490,177chart72,3752024Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]02/22/2026174,979chart34,33902/22/2026COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]02/22/202638,437,952chart4,907,11802/22/2026COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]12/23/202363,566,136chart9,170,94502/11/2024Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]02/22/20262,093.62chart2,889.6402/22/2026COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]12/23/2023193,241,460chart31,469,38802/11/2024Doses administered [+]
Germany
Belgium