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   Public finances - General government - EDP definition 1
 (Excessive Deficit Procedure, Maastricht definition, in percentages of GDP)
 
     2012    2011    2010    2009    2008    2007    2006    2005    2004    2003
REVENUE                    
  Fiscal and parafiscal revenue
44.7 43.5 43.1 42.7 43.5 43.2 43.7 44.1 44.1 43.9
  Direct taxes
16.4 16.0 15.6 15.2 16.5 16.3 16.5 16.9 16.6 16.6
  Indirect taxes
12.9 12.6 12.8 12.5 12.5 12.7 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.6
  Actual social contributions
14.5 14.2 14.1 14.4 13.9 13.6 13.5 13.6 13.9 14.2
  Capital taxes
0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5
  Non-fiscal and non-parafiscal revenue2
6.2 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.8 6.9
  Total
50.9 49.5 48.7 48.1 48.7 48.1 48.8 49.3 48.9 50.9
PRIMARY EXPENDITURE                    
  Social benefits3
25.9 25.1 24.8 25.2 23.1 22.2 22.3 22.7 22.8 22.9
  Other expenditures
25.5 24.8 24.2 24.8 22.8 22.1 22.2 24.8 21.6 22.8
  Total
51.3 49.9 49.1 50.0 45.9 44.3 44.5 47.6 44.4 45.7
PRIMARY BALANCE -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -1.9 2.8 3.8 4.3 1.7 4.5 5.1
INTEREST CHARGES 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.7 5.3
OVERALL BALANCE -3.9 -3.7 -3.8 -5.6 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -2.5 -0.1 -0.1
p.m. FOR THE SUBSECTORS                    
  Federal government
-3.4 -3.4 -3.0 -4.2 -1.6 -1.1 0.0 -2.5 -0.1 0.4
  Social security
-0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
  Communities and regions
-0.1 -0.2 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Local authorities
-0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON                    
  Primary balance
                   
  Belgium
-0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -1.9 2.8 3.8 4.3 1.7 4.5 5.1
  Euro area4
-0.6 -1.1 -3.4 -3.5 0.9 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.1
  EU-27
-1.0 -1.5 -3.8 -4.2 0.4 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 -0.2
  Overall balance
                   
  Belgium
-3.9 -3.7 -3.8 -5.6 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -2.5 -0.1 -0.1
  Euro area4
-3.7 -4.1 -6.2 -6.4 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 -2.5 -2.9 -3.2
  EU-27
-4.0 -4.4 -6.5 -6.9 -2.4 -0.9 -1.5 -2.5 -2.9 -3.2
  Gross debt
                   
  Belgium
99.8 97.8 95.6 95.7 89.2 84.0 88.0 92.0 94.0 98.4
  Euro area4
90.6 87.3 85.4 80.0 70.2 66.4 68.7 70.5 69.7 69.2
  EU-27
85.3 82.5 80.0 74.6 62.2 59.0 61.6 62.8 62.3 61.9
1 The figures referred to are those reported by the NAI to Eurostat within the scope of the EDP.
2 Property income, imputed social security contributions, transfers from other sectors and sales of goods and services.
3 From social security and all other subsectors of general government.
4 Euro area = EA-17
 
Sources : NBB, EUROSTAT, NAI
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