Government Spending / Netherlands
Netherlands Government Spending
Netherlands government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 24.91%.
COUNTRY: Netherlands
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-17 05:11:01
GM ECONOMY RATING
Netherlands · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
68 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
15.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
14.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
9.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Netherlands · government spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
24.91%
Previous
24.20%
Range avg.
24.60%
Rank
5
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CountryNetherlands
IndicatorGovernment Spending
24.91%2023 · Rank 5
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Netherlands recorded 24.91% for Government Spending in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 24.20% in 2022; the absolute change was 0.71 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (24.60%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 23.90% in 2017 to 25.42% in 2020.
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