Belgium vs Cyprus: Expense

Belgium

39.7%

in 2022

Cyprus

38.5%

in 2023

Belgium rank

20th

Cyprus rank

23rd

Expense over time

Belgium
Cyprus

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 39.7% against 38.5% in Cyprus, a difference of 1.3%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 20th and Cyprus ranks 23rd of 157 countries.

Individual pages

Expense in Belgium
Expense in Cyprus
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Expense (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 5,211 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.