World Bank · Public Sector

Belgium: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

-2.66percent · 2024+0.5% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. 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. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Belgium from 1995 to 2024.

19952024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-2.662
2023-2.898
2022-2.57
2021-3.692
2020-6.929
2019-1.745
2018-0.424
2017-1.144
2016-2.673
2015-1.149
2014-2.675
2013-2.69
2012-3.682
2011-3.807
2010-3.267
2009-4.678
2008-1.22
2007-0.446
20060.126
2005-2.861
2004-0.265
2003-1.872
20020.137
2001-0.447
2000-0.075
1999-1.114
1998-1.45
1997-2.162
1996-3.784
1995-3.933

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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