Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20252.8%chart0.9%2024GDP Growth (%) [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q48,809Kchart11,587K2025Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2025€1,685,783Mchart€15,231,399M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2025$1,904,906Mchart$16,485,444M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2025€34,190chart€43,4002024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2025$38,610chart$48,1192024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q4€434,595Mchart€3,969,579M2025Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]20241,620,573chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]20241,753,580chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]2024101.60%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€33,008chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$35,717chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-51,267chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-54,305chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.22%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024725,001.0chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024782,158.8chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202263,090.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202266,329.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20229.88%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2024106,331,861,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2024115,091,479,709.2
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202314.85%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202422,832.5chart265,631.82024Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202424,713.5chart287,502.02024Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20243.20%chart3.15%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202445.50%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€14,767chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$15,931chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€1,320
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$1,383
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€2,187
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024$2,367
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€467chart€7572024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$503chart$8392024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]09/26/2025A3
S&P Rating [+]09/12/2025A+
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 [+]December 202510.0%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q49.9%
Unemployed [+]2025Q42,477K
NMW [+]2026$1,622.7
NMW [+]2026€1,381.0
Average Wage [+]2024$34,310
Average Wage [+]2024€31,698
Human Capital Ranking [+]201744º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]02/18/20260.8442chart0.844202/18/2026US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]02/18/20263.17%
Risk Premium [+]02/18/202643
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]02/18/20265.97%chart6.15%02/18/2026Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20252.9%
HICP [+]December 20253.0%chart1.9%December 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]December 2025-3.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%chart2.15%06/11/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202031º
IPI Year on Year [+]December 20252.8%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]January 20261,149,362
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]January 202627.69
Motor vehicle production [+]20232,451,221
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021629.13
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202437.1%
Standard VAT [+]09/01/201221.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202245.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202596,770,515chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2025€394,362.3M
Exports [+]2025$445,621.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202523.39%
Imports [+]2025€454,682.1M
Imports [+]2025$513,781.7M
Imports % GDP [+]202526.97%
Trade balance [+]2025€-60,319.8M
Trade balance [+]2025$-68,160.2M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2025-3.58%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 20254.7%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201525º
Density [+]202598chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202423º
Crude divorce rate [+]20241.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201710,692.0
% Immigrant [+]202014.44%
% Emigrant [+]20203.14%
Birth Rate [+]20246.49‰chart8.14‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201717,874.0
Crude death rate [+]20248.87‰chart10.54‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20241.10chart1.382023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20243.57‰
% risk of poverty [+]202519.5%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]202549,337,356chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20206,842,202
Emigrant stock [+]20201,489,823
HDI [+]20220.911
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202410º
Life expectancy [+]202484.01chart82.192023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20243,953
Suicide rate [+]20248.05
Number of homicides [+]2023331
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.69
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20234.68
Annual crude oil production [+]20240
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021150.0
Consumption GWh [+]2025256,084
Generation GWh [+]2025272,199
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]01/18/2026121,880
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]01/18/202613,980,340
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/202340,739,123
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]01/18/20262,470.34
Doses administered [+]12/23/2023119,228,504
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros