Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q48,302Kchart11,091K2024Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€1,593,136Mchart€15,152,764M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$1,724,379Mchart$15,780,687M2023Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€32,630chart€43,0302024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$35,135chart$46,0622023GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€407,457Mchart€3,842,814M2024Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20231,575,372chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]20231,702,142chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023105.10%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€32,396chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$35,003chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-52,669chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-57,496chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-3.52%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023680,952.0chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023734,198.5chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202156,214.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202170,332.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20219.18%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2023104,521,252,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2023113,018,829,787.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202215.22%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202322,609.9chart235,084.62023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202324,447.4chart254,191.52023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20233.21%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202345.40%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€14,003chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$15,098chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,187
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$1,406
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€2,174
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$2,350
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€467chart€6702023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$511chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]03/15/2024Baa1
S&P Rating [+]03/18/2022A
Fitch Rating [+]12/13/2019A-
Corruption Index [+]202360
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201923º
Fragile States Index [+]202444.0
RTI Raking [+]202496º
Innovation Ranking [+]202428º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 202510.4%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q410.6%
Unemployed [+]2024Q42,596K
NMW [+]2025$1,435.0
NMW [+]2025€1,381.3
Average Wage [+]2023$32,696
Average Wage [+]2023€30,237
Human Capital Ranking [+]201744º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/14/20250.9184chart0.918403/14/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/14/20253.50%
Risk Premium [+]03/14/202562
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/14/202512.16%chart11.13%03/14/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20253.0%
HICP [+]February 20252.9%chart2.4%February 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]January 20252.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/12/20252.65%chart2.65%03/12/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202031º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2025-1.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]February 20251,029,606
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]February 202525.05
Motor vehicle production [+]20232,451,221
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021629.13
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202336.8%
Standard VAT [+]09/01/201221.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202245.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202493,759,297chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€392,122.9M
Exports [+]2023$423,228.1M
Exports % GDP [+]202326.09%
Imports [+]2024€436,191.1M
Imports [+]2023$470,329.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202329.01%
Trade balance [+]2024€-44,068.1M
Trade balance [+]2023$-47,107.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-2.92%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20252.2%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201525º
Density [+]202497chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202423º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.59‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,692.0
% Immigrant [+]202014.44%
% Emigrant [+]20203.14%
Birth Rate [+]20236.61‰chart8.57‰2022Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201717,874.0
Crude death rate [+]20238.96‰chart11.19‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.12chart1.452022Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.55‰
% risk of poverty [+]202419.7%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202449,077,984chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20206,842,202
Emigrant stock [+]20201,489,823
HDI [+]20220.911
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202410º
Life expectancy [+]202383.77chart81.702022Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20234,118
Suicide rate [+]20238.47
Number of homicides [+]2023331
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.69
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20234.68
Annual crude oil production [+]20230
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021150.0
Consumption GWh [+]2024248,811
Generation GWh [+]2024262,247
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]07/19/2023121,852
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]07/19/202313,980,340
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/202340,739,123
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]07/19/20232,518.58
Doses administered [+]05/24/2023105,840,321
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros