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Netherlands: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1807–2025 · 200 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
25.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 25.3%
Average, 2016–2025
24.8%10 years
Record high and low
26.2% (2010)low 3.31% (1845)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202725.5Forecast
202625.2Forecast
202525.4
202425.3
202324.7
202224.3
202125.4
202025.7
201924.4
201824.2
201724.2
201624.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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