Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Bangladesh vs Netherlands: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Bangladesh.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Bangladesh | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 44.7 |
| 2024 | 41 | 44 |
| 2023 | 39.7 | 45.9 |
| 2022 | 37.9 | 48.4 |
| 2021 | 35.6 | 50.5 |
| 2020 | 34.5 | 53.4 |
| 2019 | 32 | 47.7 |
| 2018 | 29.6 | 51.6 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 56 |
| 2016 | 27.7 | 60.9 |
| 2015 | 28.2 | 63.8 |
| 2014 | 28.7 | 67.2 |
| 2013 | 28.3 | 67.2 |
| 2012 | 29.1 | 65.7 |
| 2011 | 29.4 | 61.2 |
| 2010 | 29.6 | 58.9 |
| 2009 | 33 | 56.3 |
| 2008 | 33.9 | 54.4 |
| 2007 | 35 | 42.7 |
| 2006 | 35.3 | 45 |
| 2005 | 35.6 | 49.6 |
| 2004 | 36.6 | 50.1 |
| 2003 | 37 | 49.8 |
| 2002 | – | 48.7 |
| 2001 | – | 49.4 |
| 2000 | – | 52.2 |
| 1999 | – | 58.6 |
| 1998 | – | 62.7 |
| 1997 | – | 65.7 |
| 1996 | – | 71.3 |
| 1995 | – | 73 |
| 1994 | – | 73.5 |
| 1993 | – | 76.7 |
| 1992 | – | 75.6 |
| 1991 | – | 74.8 |
| 1990 | – | 75 |
| 1989 | – | 73.7 |
| 1988 | – | 73.7 |
| 1987 | – | 71.3 |
| 1986 | – | 69 |
| 1985 | – | 67.1 |
| 1984 | – | 61.9 |
| 1983 | – | 58.4 |
| 1982 | – | 52.4 |
| 1981 | – | 46.9 |
| 1980 | – | 43.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Bangladesh | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40.5 | 45.4 |
| 2027 | 40.4 | 45.7 |
| 2028 | 42.8 | 45.8 |
| 2029 | 45.5 | 46.3 |
| 2030 | 47.6 | 47.1 |
| 2031 | 49.4 | 48 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025