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Government debt in Netherlands

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Netherlands's government debt is 44.70 % — #45 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

44.70%

Checked 23 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Netherlands over time

76.70 %59.70 %42.70 %76.70 % · 199342.70 % · 20071980: 43.60 %1981: 46.90 %1982: 52.40 %1983: 58.40 %1984: 61.90 %1985: 67.10 %1986: 68.90 %1987: 71.30 %1988: 73.70 %1989: 73.70 %1990: 75.00 %1991: 74.80 %1992: 75.60 %1993: 76.70 %1994: 73.50 %1995: 73.00 %1996: 71.20 %1997: 65.70 %1998: 62.70 %1999: 58.60 %2000: 52.20 %2001: 49.40 %2002: 48.70 %2003: 49.80 %2004: 50.10 %2005: 49.60 %2006: 45.00 %2007: 42.70 %2008: 54.40 %2009: 56.30 %2010: 58.90 %2011: 61.20 %2012: 65.70 %2013: 67.20 %2014: 67.20 %2015: 63.80 %2016: 60.90 %2017: 56.00 %2018: 51.60 %2019: 47.70 %2020: 53.40 %2021: 50.50 %2022: 48.40 %2023: 45.80 %2024: 44.00 %2025: 44.70 %19802003202544.70 %
46 official observations, 1980 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#45 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
64 %
80 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
32.00 pp
peak 76.70 % in 1993
Full series
▲ 1.10 pp
since 1980

In Europe: #15 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −10.00 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Netherlands: ahead of 64 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtNetherlands 44.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Netherlands is ahead of 64 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Netherlands
43 Ethiopia43.30 %−1.40 pp
44 Czech Republic44.20 %−0.50 pp
45 Netherlands44.70 %—
46 Mongolia45.00 %+0.30 pp
47 Malta46.20 %+1.50 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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