Compensation of employees, Transactions in Belgium
Belgium: Compensation of employees, Transactions was 80.23 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Belgium, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, compensation of employees, transactions in Belgium stood at 80.23 billion. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, transactions in Belgium peaked at 80.23 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 27.77 billion, in 1999.
That places Belgium 21st out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 27.77 billion | — |
| 2000 | 28.82 billion | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 30.10 billion | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 32.32 billion | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 33.65 billion | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 34.66 billion | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 36.47 billion | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 38.04 billion | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 39.67 billion | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 41.94 billion | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 43.97 billion | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 45.30 billion | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 47.16 billion | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 49.15 billion | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 50.69 billion | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 52.17 billion | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 52.34 billion | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 53.70 billion | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 55.35 billion | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 56.92 billion | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 58.76 billion | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 60.57 billion | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 62.84 billion | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 68.20 billion | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 73.80 billion | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 77.37 billion | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 80.23 billion | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.77 billion | 27.77 billion | 27.77 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 35.96 billion | 28.82 billion | 43.97 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.15 billion | 45.30 billion | 58.76 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.50 billion | 60.57 billion | 80.23 billion | 6 |
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More public sector data for Belgium
- Arms imports 515.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 43.43 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -92.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 515.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 721.97 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0128 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 12.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 8.56 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 393.52 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, transactions in Belgium?
- Compensation of employees, transactions in Belgium was 80.23 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 80.23 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.77 billion in 1999.
- How does Belgium rank for compensation of employees, transactions?
- Belgium ranks 21st out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compensation of employees, transactions rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.