Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium
Belgium: Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from was 0.0391 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.0391 for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in 2020.
The figure is down 43.7% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium peaked at 0.1061 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0253, in 2002.
Belgium ranks 37th of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0509 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0415 | -18.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0359 | -13.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0371 | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0406 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0406 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0396 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0253 | -36.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0262 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1061 | +304.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0277 | -73.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0489 | +76.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0271 | -44.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0296 | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0307 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0442 | +44.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0442 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.072 | +62.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0714 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0883 | +23.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0644 | -27.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0613 | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0549 | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0796 | +45.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0695 | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0391 | -43.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0391 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0531, 74% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0391 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0349, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +304.2% | 0.0262 | 0.1061 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0412 | 0.0359 | 0.0509 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0402 | 0.0253 | 0.1061 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.065 | 0.0442 | 0.0883 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0391 | 0.0391 | 0.0391 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 34 Rwanda 0.0748 compare
- 35 Austria 0.0672 compare
- 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0538 compare
- 38 South Africa 0.036 compare
- 39 Lithuania 0.0349 compare
- 40 United States 0.0294 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium?
- Taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Belgium was 0.0391 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1061 in 2004.
- What is the lowest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0253 in 2002.
- How does Belgium rank for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from?
- Belgium ranks 37th out of 78 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. 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 Taxes on property, 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.
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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.