Public Sector in Belgium 230 indicators covering public sector for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.223 2020 up 5.4% 75th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension 7.75 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 30.7% 20th Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1731 2020 down 10.9% 76th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of 7.76 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 32.0% 18th Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.0392 2020 down 49.4% 39th Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.777 2020 down 4.2% 66th Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.0505 2020 down 48.4% 68th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0.0391 2020 down 11.5% 37th Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.3264 2020 down 5.5% 65th Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 0.8284 2020 down 8.6% 65th Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 1 2020 unchanged 3rd Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0 2020 — 60th Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 15.35 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 5.4% 11th Other revenue, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.2806 2020 down 17.4% 61st Revenue decentralization, Percent 0.4651 2020 down 12.9% 54th Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 0.0472 2020 down 65.7% 57th Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this 0 2020 down 100.0% 60th General public services, Ratio of this level of government's 2.81 2020 up 24.4% 6th Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.3057 2020 down 7.4% 58th Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.2232 2020 up 42.7% 51st Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 0.0551 2020 down 8.0% 59th Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's 0.6447 2020 up 6.5% 51st Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's 0 2020 — 57th Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 1 2020 unchanged 11th Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1695 2020 down 15.0% 49th Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.8041 2020 down 195.6% 64th Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue -0.9243 2020 down 33.6% 65th Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1,313 Scientific publications 2024 up 15.0% 21st Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending -2.39 2020 down 46.5% 64th Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent -1.59 2020 down 16.6% 64th Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.1519 2020 down 27.3% 63rd Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.1826 2020 up 49.0% 47th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Intermediate consumption by 4.3 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 5.6% 27th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general 8.62 Percentage of GDP 2025 down 13.4% 10th Countries with national statistical plans with funding from Government 1 2025 unchanged 1st Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.1748 2020 down 47.6% 62nd Annual government deficit/surplus, revenue, expenditure and main 94,810 Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parit 2025 up 54.7% 22nd Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 15.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% 10th Net official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries, by 2,565 2025 up 7.2% 22nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 36.88 2024 down 28.7% 23rd Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 456.21 2024 down 1.8% 16th Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC 872.64 2024 down 0.7% 16th Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's 1 2011 unchanged 2nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs as a percentage of 0.1% 2024 down 17.6% 6th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 0.1% 2024 down 18.4% 8th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 0.0% 2024 down 41.3% 20th Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional 5 2026 up 25.0% 1st Official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries on 2,545 2025 down 1.4% 22nd Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.4% 2025 down 14.0% 18th Net official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.4% 2017 up 4.5% 13th ← Previous Page 4 of 4