Netherlands Government Debt (% of GDP)
Everything national, provincial and local governments owe combined, compared with the size of the economy.
44.7%
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2000 to 2025
Source: Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1 · general government, % of GDP, annual.
Netherlands Government Debt (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the Netherlands, the government debt rose by 0.7pp in 2025, from 44.0% in 2024.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 44.0% in 2024 to 53.4% in 2020.
Its average since 2000 is 53.3%, and the latest reading is below that.
The Netherlands is 44th of 62 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- Eurostat
- Series
- gov_10dd_edpt1
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-28. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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