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Economy > Welfare Stats: compare key data on Belgium & United States

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  • Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU: Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU). Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.
  • Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU per capita: Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU). Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Social contributions > % of revenue: Social contributions (% of revenue). Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments.
  • Social contributions > Current LCU: Social contributions (current LCU). Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments.
  • Social contributions > Current LCU per capita: Social contributions (current LCU). Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Belgium United States HISTORY
Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU 152.05 billion
Ranked 59th.
2.54 trillion
Ranked 19th. 17 times more than Belgium

Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU per capita 13,762.67
Ranked 49th. 69% more than United States
8,158.36
Ranked 69th.

Social contributions > % of revenue 35.94%
Ranked 14th. 1% more than United States
35.62%
Ranked 16th.

Social contributions > Current LCU 54.65 billion
Ranked 32nd.
905.45 billion
Ranked 8th. 17 times more than Belgium

Social contributions > Current LCU per capita 4,946.29
Ranked 26th. 70% more than United States
2,905.93
Ranked 37th.

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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