What changed
Official quarterly totals, newest first · Eurostat (national statistical institutes' EDP data) · published once a quarter, about three months after each quarter-endBelgium government debt
Eurostat (national statistical institutes' EDP data) · official as of Jun 30, 2026 · projected at the past 12 months' pace between quarterly figuresBelgium central government gross debt
Eurostat, Quarterly government debt (gov_10q_ggdebt), central government (S1311), Maastricht debt, million euro · official, Jun 30, 2026 · fixedPer person
Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age and sex (demo_pjan), Belgium · Jan 1, 2025History
Fixed official figures · Eurostat (national statistical institutes' EDP data) · these do not tickDetails
Full official tablesBelgium central government gross debt: €572,088,000,000
Official, quarter-end Jun 30, 2026 · Eurostat, Quarterly government debt (gov_10q_ggdebt), central government (S1311), Maastricht debt, million euro (geo=BE, sector S1311, na_item GD, unit MIO_EUR; machine-readable: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/gov_10q_ggdebt)
| Part | Amount |
|---|---|
| Deposits | |
| Currency and deposits | €1,573,000,000 |
| Debt securities | |
| Short-term debt securities | €59,057,000,000 |
| Long-term debt securities | €480,427,000,000 |
| Loans | |
| Short-term loans | €5,832,000,000 |
| Long-term loans | €25,199,000,000 |
| Total | €572,088,000,000 |
Central government gross debt at nominal value in the EU's Maastricht (EDP) definition: currency and deposits, short- and long-term debt securities and loans. In Belgium this is the federal government; the regions, communities, local authorities and social security are separate sectors.
By quarter (official)
| Quarter-end | Central government debt | Combined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | €572,088,000,000 | €572,088,000,000 | +€5.79B |
| Mar 31, 2026 | €566,303,000,000 | €566,303,000,000 | +€8.65B |
| Dec 31, 2025 | €557,654,000,000 | €557,654,000,000 | +€7.10B |
| Sep 30, 2025 | €550,550,000,000 | €550,550,000,000 | +€12.15B |
| Jun 30, 2025 | €538,395,000,000 | €538,395,000,000 | +€1.66B |
| Mar 31, 2025 | €536,737,000,000 | €536,737,000,000 | +€11.16B |
| Dec 31, 2024 | €525,576,000,000 | €525,576,000,000 | −€1.33B |
| Sep 30, 2024 | €526,909,000,000 | €526,909,000,000 | −€797.0M |
| Jun 30, 2024 | €527,706,000,000 | €527,706,000,000 | — |
How it works
Official quarterly figures · projection labelled · sources linkedThe live number = latest official total + (the official change per second over the past 12 months × seconds since that total). Belgium publishes its debt once a quarter, not daily, so this is a projection between quarterly figures, not an official figure.
projected = 572,088,000,000 + 1,068.3980 × (seconds since Jun 30, 2026 11:59:59 PM CT)
The rate is the official change from Jun 30, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026: €572,088,000,000 − €538,395,000,000 = €33,693,000,000 over 365 days = €1,068.40 per second. We use the latest four quarters rather than the last quarter because quarter-to-quarter changes swing with bond issuance calendars and short-term borrowing. The actual path is lumpy (bonds are sold in batches and repaid on schedules), so the projection will drift; when new quarterly figures come out, the clock re-bases to the new official figures.
How often it's published. Quarterly. Eurostat publishes each quarter-end figure (table gov_10q_ggdebt) about three months after the quarter ends. The Q3 2026 quarter-end figure is expected from Eurostat roughly three months after the quarter ends; this page re-bases to it automatically on the next daily build after it appears.
Per person divides by Eurostat's estimate of 11,883,495 people on Jan 1, 2025. It is not projected forward, so the live per-person figure rises only with the debt.
Note. Why Eurostat: it is the official EU statistical office and publishes quarterly government debt for every member state on one definition, compiled from the figures the national statistical institutes and central banks report to it. The fetcher reads its public API directly.
Note. Provisional data: Eurostat flags the latest quarters as provisional and revises them in later releases. The page re-bases to each new release.
Note. Why central government: the US clock ticks the federal Treasury's gross debt. The central government sector (Eurostat code S.1311) is the nearest match; state, local and social security debt are not in it. The table's breakdown by instrument adds up to the headline.
Note. Why federal: Belgium's federal government carries most of the country's government debt. The regions and communities, local authorities and social security are separate sectors and are in the general government total shown as a fact.
Note. Figures from source tables may not add exactly because of rounding in the source.
Sources: Eurostat, Quarterly government debt (gov_10q_ggdebt), central government (S1311), Maastricht debt, million euro · Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age and sex (demo_pjan), Belgium · Eurostat, Government finance statistics - quarterly data · National Bank of Belgium, Public finance statistics · Belgian Debt Agency
Page built Oct 30, 2026 5:02 PM CT from the official figures above.