Belgium | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 16.78872756
1971 17.77208995
1972 18.28771437
1973 18.56831275
1974 18.93092648
1975 21.1481976
1976 21.30525447
1977 21.83601905
1978 22.63148806
1979 22.96590528
1980 22.87076033
1981 24.10309806
1982 23.76188269
1983 23.41867556
1984 23.34821598
1985 22.83368858
1986 22.68750893
1987 22.52163952
1988 21.14320354
1989 20.45583334
1990 20.21728507
1991 20.86292584
1992 20.96093107
1993 21.29464265
1994 21.10193383
1995 21.29896512
1996 21.71838622
1997 21.15139792
1998 21.09491806
1999 21.28203985
2000 21.04019715
2001 21.31360634
2002 22.13888154
2003 22.48437234
2004 22.19721265
2005 22.09399763
2006 21.93878853
2007 21.61589482
2008 22.66614469
2009 24.19191348
2010 23.73268609
2011 24.04942657
2012 24.30335286
2013 24.31276726
2014 24.23389585
2015 23.61508745
2016 23.26203662
2017 23.03246309
2018 23.14146612
2019 23.04075281
2020 24.40487495
2021 23.71243968
2022 23.79650869

Belgium | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source