Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP: France vs Belgium

France: -5.1 % (2025). Belgium: -5.2 % (2025).

Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP in France and Belgium, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

FranceBelgium
Latest figure-5.1 %-5.2 %
EU rank24 / 2725 / 27
Change, 1 year+0.7 %-0.8 %
Change, 5 years+3.8 %+3.8 %

Shared periods

PeriodFranceBelgiumGap
2025-5.1 %-5.2 %+0.1 %
2024-5.8 %-4.4 %-1.4 %
2023-5.4 %-4.1 %-1.3 %
2022-4.7 %-3.5 %-1.2 %
2021-6.6 %-5.4 %-1.2 %
2020-8.9 %-9.0 %+0.1 %
2019-2.4 %-2.0 %-0.4 %
2018-2.3 %-1.0 %-1.3 %
2017-3.4 %-0.8 %-2.6 %
2016-3.8 %-2.4 %-1.4 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1

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