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Netherlands: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1815–2025 · 211 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−1.60%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom −0.70%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.36%10 years
Record high and low
39.3% (1947)low −90.3% (1945)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.61Forecast
2030-2.46Forecast
2029-2.39Forecast
2028-2.07Forecast
2027-2.06Forecast
2026-2.45Forecast
2025-1.60
2024-0.70
2023-0.30
20220
2021-2.30
2020-3.70
20191.90
20181.50
20171.40
20160.20

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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