Japan vs Netherlands

Japan vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt: 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 169.6 percentage points, or 4.85 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Japan vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt: 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 169.6 percentage points, or 4.85 times that in Netherlands.
JapanNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 188.9% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearJapanNetherlands
2025204.844.7
2024213.644
2023220.145.9
202222848.4
2021222.650.5
2020228.853.4
2019206.347.7
2018203.751.6
2017203.156
2016202.160.9
2015200.163.8
2014203.667.2
2013201.267.2
2012197.165.7
2011190.661.2
2010178.658.9
2009172.956.3
2008153.654.4
2007150.442.7
2006152.145
2005153.449.6
2004148.850.1
2003140.249.8
2002134.648.7
2001126.849.4
2000118.552.2
1999113.558.6
1998101.662.7
199791.365.7
199685.371.3
199580.773
199473.373.5
199363.276.7
199257.975.6
199154.174.8
199054.875
198956.973.7
198862.473.7
198765.871.3
198664.269
198559.267.1
198456.961.9
198355.158.4
198250.152.4
198145.846.9
198041.443.6
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearJapanNetherlands
2026199.445.4
2027196.445.7
2028193.845.8
2029191.546.3
2030190.147.1
2031188.948

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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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