Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q45,822Kchart11,217K2024Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€237,573Mchart€15,152,764M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$257,145Mchart$16,401,049M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€22,560chart€43,0302024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$24,724chart$47,8732024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€60,551Mchart€3,842,814M2024Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2023369,099chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]2023402,372chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023163.90%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€35,488chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$38,687chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-2,962chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-2,167chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-1.30%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023111,577.0chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023118,799.5chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20217,549.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20218,928.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20217.11%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202311,376,609,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202312,301,527,311.7
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20228.65%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20237,283.8chart235,144.02023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20237,875.7chart254,191.52023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20236.57%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202349.50%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€10,728chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$11,422chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€710
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$823
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€1,092
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$1,181
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€691chart€6702023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$740chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]03/14/2025Baa3
S&P Rating [+]04/19/2024BBB-
Fitch Rating [+]01/27/2023BB+
Corruption Index [+]202349
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201959º
Fragile States Index [+]202454.7
RTI Raking [+]2024114º
Innovation Ranking [+]202445º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20258.7%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q49.5%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4449K
NMW [+]2025$1,005.7
NMW [+]2025€968.0
Average Wage [+]2023$25,449
Average Wage [+]2023€23,536
Human Capital Ranking [+]201748º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/19/20250.9177chart0.917703/19/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/20/20253.56%
Risk Premium [+]03/20/202581
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/19/202515.76%chart13.15%03/19/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20252.5%
HICP [+]February 20253.0%chart2.3%February 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]January 20250.5%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/12/20252.65%chart2.65%03/12/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202079º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 20251.9%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2024261,398
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202211.13
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021631.57
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202340.5%
Standard VAT [+]06/01/201624.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202253.5%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202227,836,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€49,901.9M
Exports [+]2024$54,012.9M
Exports % GDP [+]202421.00%
Imports [+]2024€84,517.1M
Imports [+]2024$91,479.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202435.58%
Trade balance [+]2024€-34,615.2M
Trade balance [+]2024$-37,466.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-14.57%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2024-1.5%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201579º
Density [+]202379chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202440º
Crude divorce rate [+]20171.80‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017319.0
% Immigrant [+]202012.55%
% Emigrant [+]202010.19%
Birth Rate [+]20236.80‰chart8.57‰2022Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,576.7
Crude death rate [+]202312.20‰chart11.19‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.26chart1.452022Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20224.20‰
% risk of poverty [+]202318.9%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202310,400,720chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20201,340,456
Emigrant stock [+]20201,088,507
HDI [+]20220.893
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202473º
Life expectancy [+]202381.80chart81.702022Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2022516
Suicide rate [+]20224.95
Number of homicides [+]202386
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.84
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20234.69
Annual crude oil production [+]20231
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202110.0
Consumption GWh [+]202346,929
Generation GWh [+]202347,364
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202439,258
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20245,673,681
Fully vaccinated [+]06/26/20247,647,076
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20243,774.55
Doses administered [+]06/26/202422,467,978
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros