Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20240.4%chart0.9%2024GDP Growth (%) [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q332,739Kchart11,585K2025Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€86,180Mchart€15,231,369M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$93,280Mchart$16,485,444M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€127,030chart€43,4002024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$138,757chart$48,1192024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q3€22,327Mchart€3,969,096M2025Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]202422,649chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202424,514chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202426.30%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€33,211chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$35,946chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024766chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024961chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20240.90%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202440,368.7chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202443,704.4chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,843.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,025.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20228.45%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20244,351,675,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20244,772.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202410.92%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024829.6chart265,631.32024Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2024898.0chart287,502.02024Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20241.99%chart3.15%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202446.80%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€59,194chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$64,085chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€4,340
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$4,643
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€6,475
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024$7,101
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€1,223chart€7572024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$1,336chart$8392024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]02/07/2025Aaa
S&P Rating [+]04/28/1994AAA
Fitch Rating [+]03/06/2020AAA
Corruption Index [+]202378
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201918º
Fragile States Index [+]202418.7
RTI Raking [+]2024117º
Innovation Ranking [+]202420º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]November 20256.9%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q36.2%
Unemployed [+]2025Q322K
NMW [+]2025$3,066.1
NMW [+]2025€2,704.0
Average Wage [+]2024$80,416
Average Wage [+]2024€74,296
Human Capital Ranking [+]201730º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]01/16/20260.8608chart0.860801/16/2026US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]01/16/20264.91%chart3.98%01/16/2026Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20253.1%
HICP [+]December 20253.3%chart2.0%December 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]November 2025-5.5%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%chart2.15%06/11/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202072º
IPI Year on Year [+]November 2025-3.6%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202489,727
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202271.86
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021775.27
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202442.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201517.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202247.2%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20221,013,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€14,967.0M
Exports [+]2024$16,200.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202417.37%
Imports [+]2024€24,087.7M
Imports [+]2024$26,072.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202427.95%
Trade balance [+]2024€-9,120.8M
Trade balance [+]2024$-9,872.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-10.58%
Retail Sales YoY [+]November 20250.4%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201519º
Density [+]2024263chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023-1º
Crude divorce rate [+]20232.00‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,746.1
% Immigrant [+]202046.96%
% Emigrant [+]202012.88%
Birth Rate [+]20249.50‰chart8.14‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,321.5
Crude death rate [+]20246.60‰chart10.54‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.25chart1.382023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.80‰
% risk of poverty [+]202418.1%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]2024681,973chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020298,062
Emigrant stock [+]202081,757
HDI [+]20220.927
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202446º
Life expectancy [+]202483.50chart82.192023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]202456
Suicide rate [+]20237.00
Number of homicides [+]202210
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20221.53
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202311.18
Consumption GWh [+]20235,862
Generation GWh [+]2023801
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]12/21/20251,000
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]12/21/2025400,879
Fully vaccinated [+]06/11/2023462,702
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]12/21/20251,466.33
Doses administered [+]03/25/20231,374,547
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros