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Netherlands: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1814–2025 · 206 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
248.9% (1834)low 38.4% (1977)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.4Forecast
203048.3Forecast
202947.3Forecast
202846.4Forecast
202746.0Forecast
202645.2Forecast
202544.4
202443.8
202345.8
202248.4
202150.5
202053.4
201947.7
201851.6
201756.0
201660.9

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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