# Belgium General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn)

Belgium General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn) was −8,732.3 € million in Q2 2026, down 473.5 from Q1 2026 and down 934.0 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13,906 € million (Q2 2020) to −496.6 € million (Q4 2017), averaging −5,281.9 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.GOVBAL.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/general-government-net-lending-net-borrowing-quarterly-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −8,732.3 € million |
| Q1 2026 | −8,258.8 € million |
| Q4 2025 | −8,869.4 € million |
| Q3 2025 | −8,923.4 € million |
| Q2 2025 | −7,798.3 € million |
| Q1 2025 | −7,832.1 € million |
| Q4 2024 | −8,041.1 € million |
| Q3 2024 | −6,776.7 € million |
| Q2 2024 | −6,912.7 € million |
| Q1 2024 | −5,511.7 € million |
| Q4 2023 | −6,525.5 € million |
| Q3 2023 | −5,237.3 € million |
| Q2 2023 | −5,559.5 € million |
| Q1 2023 | −7,498.4 € million |
| Q4 2022 | −5,060.6 € million |
| Q3 2022 | −6,569.1 € million |
| Q2 2022 | −5,650.9 € million |
| Q1 2022 | −2,608.4 € million |
| Q4 2021 | −4,386.8 € million |
| Q3 2021 | −8,308.9 € million |
| Q2 2021 | −7,188.0 € million |
| Q1 2021 | −7,452.8 € million |
| Q4 2020 | −10,601 € million |
| Q3 2020 | −8,678.0 € million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.GOVBAL.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.GOVBAL.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```