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Netherlands: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–1997 · 45 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

1997
59.4%percent of GDP
Change on 1996
−3.4 pointsfrom 62.8%
Average, 1988–1997
61.5%10 years
Record high and low
104.6% (1886)low 51.5% (1913)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
199759.4
199662.8
199563.5
199460.9
199363.1
199262.5
199161.4
199060.7
198960.6
198860.0

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • WDI (archive)1986–1997
  • World Development Indicators1990–1994

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Netherlands documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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