Israel vs Netherlands

Israel vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 23.1 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Israel vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 23.1 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in Netherlands.
IsraelNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • In 2025, Israel ranked 40 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearIsraelNetherlands
202567.944.7
202467.744
202361.945.9
202260.948.4
202168.250.5
202071.453.4
201959.547.7
201860.351.6
201760.156
20166260.9
201563.263.8
201466.167.2
201366.467.2
201267.265.7
201167.561.2
201069.458.9
20097356.3
200870.654.4
200771.242.7
200678.145
200585.749.6
200488.750.1
200390.149.8
200287.648.7
200181.449.4
200077.552.2
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
YearIsraelNetherlands
202668.845.4
202769.545.7
202870.545.8
202971.246.3
203071.947.1
203172.748

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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.

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