Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Belgium
Belgium: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of was 0.7737 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Belgium, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Belgium stood at 0.7737. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Belgium peaked at 0.9526 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.7737, in 2020.
Belgium ranks 54th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.9418 | — |
| 1996 | 0.9423 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9395 | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9438 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9395 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9526 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9423 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9395 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9343 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9361 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9372 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9351 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9273 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9438 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9161 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9276 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9287 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9376 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9375 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9435 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8702 | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7838 | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 0.795 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8102 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7916 | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7737 | -2.3% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.7737 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8985, 86% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.7737 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.877, 88% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9414 | 0.9395 | 0.9438 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9364 | 0.9161 | 0.9526 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8726 | 0.7838 | 0.9435 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7737 | 0.7737 | 0.7737 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 51 Luxembourg 0.8966 compare
- 52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.877 compare
- 53 United States 0.7764 compare
- 55 Uzbekistan 0.7222 compare
- 56 Moldova 0.6965 compare
- 57 Czechia 0.6564 compare
More public sector data for Belgium
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Belgium?
- Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Belgium was 0.7737 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9526 in 2000.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7737 in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of?
- Belgium ranks 54th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.