ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ

Total expenditure on health as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in Belgium amounted to **** percent in 2023, a slight decrease on the previous year. In every year since 2009, Belgium has spent over ** percent of its GDP on health.   

Health expenditure in Belgium compared to Europe

In comparison to other European countries in 2023, Belgium was fairly high in terms of health spending as a share of GDP. At the top of the list was Switzerland, which spent ** percent of its GDP on healthcare on this year. While Germany and France both spent over * percent on health. 

Trend of healthcare workers in Belgium 

In 2021, there were approximately *** thousand employees in the health and social care industry in Belgium, this increased by over *** hundred thousand since 2000. While in the period since 2004 the number of practicing nurses in Belgium has increased by more than a third to over *** thousand in 2018.