Global Statistics and Country Indicators
Belgium Government Debt Over Time (1980–2026)
Government Gross Debt
Data table
| 1980 | 76.8% | 1992 | 134.7% | 2004 | 97.2% | 2016 | 105.5% |
| 1981 | 89.7% | 1993 | 138.9% | 2005 | 95.1% | 2017 | 102.5% |
| 1982 | 99.6% | 1994 | 137.1% | 2006 | 91.5% | 2018 | 100.1% |
| 1983 | 110.3% | 1995 | 131.3% | 2007 | 87.3% | 2019 | 97.6% |
| 1984 | 114.6% | 1996 | 129% | 2008 | 93.2% | 2020 | 111.2% |
| 1985 | 119.4% | 1997 | 124.3% | 2009 | 99.9% | 2021 | 108.5% |
| 1986 | 124.7% | 1998 | 119.2% | 2010 | 100.2% | 2022 | 103.1% |
| 1987 | 129.2% | 1999 | 115.4% | 2011 | 102.7% | 2023 | 102.2% |
| 1988 | 129.7% | 2000 | 109.6% | 2012 | 104.3% | 2024 | 103.9% |
| 1989 | 126.4% | 2001 | 108.2% | 2013 | 105% | 2025 | 106.3% |
| 1990 | 130.3% | 2002 | 105.4% | 2014 | 106.6% | 2026 | 109.2% |
| 1991 | 131.8% | 2003 | 101.7% | 2015 | 105.6% |
Government Gross Debt
Data table
| 1980 | 68.64B | 1992 | 245B | 2004 | 288.4B | 2016 | 451.9B |
| 1981 | 84.04B | 1993 | 260.3B | 2005 | 295B | 2017 | 454.4B |
| 1982 | 101B | 1994 | 270.7B | 2006 | 297.5B | 2018 | 459.9B |
| 1983 | 118.5B | 1995 | 276.3B | 2007 | 300.1B | 2019 | 467.8B |
| 1984 | 133B | 1996 | 276.4B | 2008 | 327.7B | 2020 | 515.9B |
| 1985 | 147.4B | 1997 | 278.5B | 2009 | 347.2B | 2021 | 549.3B |
| 1986 | 161.1B | 1998 | 277.3B | 2010 | 364.1B | 2022 | 578.9B |
| 1987 | 173.7B | 1999 | 279.5B | 2011 | 389.1B | 2023 | 615.6B |
| 1988 | 186.5B | 2000 | 281B | 2012 | 404.8B | 2024 | 644.4B |
| 1989 | 197.1B | 2001 | 286.1B | 2013 | 414.5B | 2025 | 682.5B |
| 1990 | 215.5B | 2002 | 288.1B | 2014 | 431.5B | 2026 | 719.3B |
| 1991 | 228.3B | 2003 | 285.9B | 2015 | 438.7B |
Government Net Debt
Data table
| 1998 | 119.2% | 2008 | 83.2% | 2018 | 86% |
| 1999 | 105.7% | 2009 | 88.2% | 2019 | 83.8% |
| 2000 | 99.9% | 2010 | 88.4% | 2020 | 95.6% |
| 2001 | 98.1% | 2011 | 90.9% | 2021 | 93.8% |
| 2002 | 95.4% | 2012 | 91.5% | 2022 | 89.4% |
| 2003 | 91.8% | 2013 | 91.4% | 2023 | 88.3% |
| 2004 | 86.9% | 2014 | 92.4% | 2024 | 90.4% |
| 2005 | 86.3% | 2015 | 92.2% | 2025 | 93.3% |
| 2006 | 82.7% | 2016 | 91.5% | 2026 | 96.5% |
| 2007 | 78.2% | 2017 | 88.4% |
Government Net Debt
Data table
| 1998 | 277.3B | 2008 | 292.6B | 2018 | 395B |
| 1999 | 256B | 2009 | 306.8B | 2019 | 401.9B |
| 2000 | 256.1B | 2010 | 321.1B | 2020 | 443.3B |
| 2001 | 259.2B | 2011 | 344.4B | 2021 | 474.8B |
| 2002 | 260.8B | 2012 | 354.9B | 2022 | 502B |
| 2003 | 258.2B | 2013 | 360.8B | 2023 | 531.8B |
| 2004 | 257.9B | 2014 | 374.3B | 2024 | 560.6B |
| 2005 | 267.7B | 2015 | 383B | 2025 | 598.7B |
| 2006 | 268.8B | 2016 | 392.2B | 2026 | 635.5B |
| 2007 | 268.9B | 2017 | 392.2B |