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Netherlands: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 128 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
44.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 44.3%
Average, 2016–2025
44.1%10 years
Record high and low
57.7% (1982)low 7.34% (1928)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203147.2Forecast
203047.1Forecast
202946.8Forecast
202846.3Forecast
202746.1Forecast
202645.6Forecast
202544.9
202444.3
202344.0
202243.3
202145.9
202047.8
201942.1
201842.4
201742.7
201643.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook1969–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • 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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