Nigeria vs Netherlands

Nigeria vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 8.7 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Nigeria vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 8.7 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Nigeria.
NigeriaNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 114 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 31.9% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearNigeriaNetherlands
202536.144.7
202439.344
202336.345.9
202229.848.4
202126.650.5
202025.753.4
201921.447.7
201820.451.6
20171856
201617.460.9
201514.963.8
201415.867.2
20131367.2
201212.565.7
201112.461.2
20106.758.9
20096.156.3
20085.254.4
20075.842.7
20066.745
200513.549.6
200425.250.1
200329.949.8
200230.748.7
200137.749.4
200040.952.2
199946.158.6
199815.862.7
199717.165.7
199617.971.3
199524.273
199439.773.5
199350.476.7
199249.875.6
199153.274.8
199050.975
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
YearNigeriaNetherlands
202634.745.4
202732.845.7
202832.945.8
202932.546.3
203032.247.1
203131.948

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.

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