Military Spending / Belgium
Belgium Military Spending
Belgium military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.28%.
COUNTRY: Belgium
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Belgium · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
51 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
15.0 / 20
External stability
4.0 / 15
Financial robustness
4.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Belgium · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
1.28%
Previous
1.18%
Range avg.
1.01%
Rank
72
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CountryBelgium
IndicatorMilitary Spending
1.28%2024 · Rank 72
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Belgium recorded 1.28% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.09 percentage points, from 1.18% to 1.28%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (1.01%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 0.89% in 2017 and the high was 1.28% in 2024.
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