In 2021, the government debt to GDP ratio of the Netherlands fell to 52.4, after recording its lowest value since 2007 and the early following economic crisis after the fall of Lehmann Brothers. This happened after the Dutch government in 2014, then made up of coalition Rutte II, which consisted ofVVD (the Liberal Party) and PvdA (Labor), started to reduce the government debt. This policy continued in the next government of Rutte II, with VVD, CDA (Christian Democrats), CU (Conservative Christians) and D66 (Moderates).
Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021
Characteristic
Share of GDP
2021*
52.4%
2020
54.7%
2019
48.5%
2018
52.4%
2017
57%
2016
61.9%
2015
64.6%
2014
67.9%
2013
67.7%
2012
66.2%
2011
61.7%
2010
59.2%
2009
56.8%
2008
54.7%
2007
43%
2006
45.2%
2005
49.8%
2004
50.3%
2003
50%
2002
48.8%
2001
49.5%
2000
52.1%
1999
58.6%
1998
62.7%
1997
65.8%
1996
71.4%
1995
73.1%
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The consolidated national debt excludes the accrued debt, the
financial derivatives debt and debts between governments and is measured against the nominal value.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (December 23, 2022). Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021." Chart. December 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2022). Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Government Debt in The Netherlands as Share of Gdp from 1995 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Government debt in the Netherlands as share of GDP from 1995 to 2021 [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, December 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/529202/netherlands-general-government-debt-as-share-of-the-gdp/
