Spain vs Netherlands

Spain vs Netherlands: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Spain and 1.6% a year in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 1 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in Netherlands.

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% a year · IMF

Spain vs Netherlands: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Spain and 1.6% a year in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 1 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in Netherlands.
SpainNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • In 2025, Spain ranked 88 and Netherlands ranked 111 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Spain at 1.7% a year and Netherlands at 1.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSpainNetherlands
20252.61.6
20243.71.1
20232.4-0.6
20226.45
20216.76.3
2020-10.9-3.9
201922.3
20182.42.3
20172.92.8
20162.92.4
20154.12.1
20141.51.6
2013-1.4-0
2012-2.9-1
2011-0.61.8
20100.11.3
2009-3.8-3.7
20080.82.1
20073.53.9
200643.5
20053.62
20043.12
20032.90.1
20022.80.2
20013.92.3
20005.14.2
19994.75
19984.54.7
19973.94.2
19962.43.4
19954.13.1
19942.33
1993-1.31.3
19920.91.6
19912.52.5
19903.84.2
198954.5
19885.34.6
19875.71.9
19863.43.1
19852.42.7
19841.73.1
19831.71.8
19821.2-1.3
1981-0.4-0.5
19801.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSpainNetherlands
20262.51.5
20271.81.3
20281.81.4
20291.71.3
20301.71.2
20311.71.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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