Interest payments in Belgium
Belgium: Interest payments was 3.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Belgium, 1995–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3.2% for interest payments in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Belgium peaked at 17.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2022.
That places Belgium 108th out of 152 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.2% | 14.5% | 17.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 7.8% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.2% | 4.0% | 3 |
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More public sector data for Belgium
- Arms imports 515.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 23.0% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 35.9% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 23.9% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 0.7% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -2.7% (2024)
- Interest payments 4.5% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 3.9% (2024)
- Other taxes 0.6% (2024)
- Compensation of employees 5.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Belgium?
- Interest payments in Belgium was 3.2% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2022.
- How does Belgium rank for interest payments?
- Belgium ranks 108th out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.