COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Belgium Government Expense
Belgium government expense: latest available value for 2022, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39,71 | -1,70 |
| 2021 | 41,41 | -2,24 |
| 2020 | 43,66 | 4,25 |
| 2019 | 39,40 | -0,54 |
| 2018 | 39,94 | -0,16 |
| 2017 | 40,10 | -1,06 |
| 2016 | 41,16 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 04:15:44. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
18 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2017 | 40,10 | 40,10 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2018 | 39,94 | 39,94 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2019 | 39,40 | 39,40 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2020 | 43,66 | 43,66 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2021 | 41,41 | 41,41 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 05:45:39 | 2022 | 39,71 | 39,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2017 | 40,10 | 40,10 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2018 | 39,94 | 39,94 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2019 | 39,40 | 39,40 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2020 | 43,66 | 43,66 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2021 | 41,41 | 41,41 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 14:17:57 | 2022 | 39,71 | 39,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2017 | 40,10 | 40,10 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2018 | 39,94 | 39,94 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2019 | 39,40 | 39,40 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2020 | 43,66 | 43,66 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2021 | 41,41 | 41,41 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 11:27:05 | 2022 | 39,71 | 39,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesBelgium recorded 39,71 percent of GDP in 2022, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2021, the government expense decreased by 1,70.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 7 observations from 2016 to 2022, the average was 40,77; the minimum was 39,40 in 2019 and the maximum was 43,66 in 2020.
Belgium ranks 20 out of 161 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
Ongoing fiscal expenditure intensity.