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Netherlands: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
29.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 30.2%
Average, 2016–2025
28.6%10 years
Record high and low
106.0% (1944)low 8.29% (1874)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202529.8
202430.2
202330.4
202229.2
202130.8
202031.1
201925.8
201825.6
201725.7
201627.0

Sources

  • CBS & Univ. Groningen1815–1995
  • GPIH government budgets1850–1975
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1900–1993
  • World Development Indicators1973–2023
  • 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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