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Netherlands: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
43.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 43.4%
Average, 2016–2025
43.9%10 years
Record high and low
106.0% (1944)low 7.34% (1928)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203146.1Forecast
203045.9Forecast
202945.6Forecast
202845.1Forecast
202745.0Forecast
202644.7Forecast
202543.9
202443.4
202343.2
202243.2
202145.9
202047.8
201942.1
201842.4
201742.7
201643.9

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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