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Netherlands: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1814–2025 · 206 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
44.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 43.8%
Average, 2016–2025
50.2%10 years
Record high and low
249.0% (1834)low 38.4% (1977)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.3Forecast
203048.2Forecast
202947.2Forecast
202846.3Forecast
202746.0Forecast
202645.9Forecast
202544.4
202443.8
202345.8
202248.4
202150.5
202053.4
201947.7
201851.6
201756.0
201660.9

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1814–2010
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1814–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1814–2023
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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