Netherlands
Government debt in Netherlands
Government debt in Netherlands: 43.6% of GDP in 1980 and 44.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 44.7% of GDP
- Since 1980
- +1.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 93 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 48% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 48% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 76.7% of GDP in 1993, the lowest 42.7% of GDP in 2007.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.7 |
| 2024 | 44 |
| 2023 | 45.9 |
| 2022 | 48.4 |
| 2021 | 50.5 |
| 2020 | 53.4 |
| 2019 | 47.7 |
| 2018 | 51.6 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2016 | 60.9 |
| 2015 | 63.8 |
| 2014 | 67.2 |
| 2013 | 67.2 |
| 2012 | 65.7 |
| 2011 | 61.2 |
| 2010 | 58.9 |
| 2009 | 56.3 |
| 2008 | 54.4 |
| 2007 | 42.7 |
| 2006 | 45 |
| 2005 | 49.6 |
| 2004 | 50.1 |
| 2003 | 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 | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 45.4 |
| 2027 | 45.7 |
| 2028 | 45.8 |
| 2029 | 46.3 |
| 2030 | 47.1 |
| 2031 | 48 |
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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- Military spending2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$27B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel41,000 people in 2020
- National power0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports601 million TIV in 2025