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Netherlands: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1815–2025 · 211 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−2.10%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom −1.70%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.22%10 years
Record high and low
39.3% (1947)low −90.3% (1945)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-2.10
2024-1.70
2023-2.10
2022-1.40
2021-3.30
2020-4.00
20191.30
20180.90
20171.10
2016-0.90

Sources

  • CBS & Univ. Groningen1815–1995
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Mitchell1900–1993
  • World Development Indicators1973–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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