Netherlands (2025)
44.9
% of GDP
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Netherlands Government Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 44.9 +0.5pp
2024 44.4 +0.4pp
2023 44 +0.7pp
2022 43.3 -2.6pp
2021 45.9 -1.9pp
2020 47.8 +5.7pp
2019 42.1 -0.3pp
2018 42.4 -0.3pp
2017 42.7 -1.2pp
2016 43.9 -1.3pp
2015 45.2 -1.5pp
2014 46.7 -0.8pp
2013 47.5 -0.1pp
2012 47.6 -0.2pp
2011 47.8 -1.1pp
2010 48.9 +0.5pp
2009 48.4 +4.1pp
2008 44.3 +1pp
2007 43.3 -0.7pp
2006 44 +0.6pp

About this Dataset

Netherlands recorded 44.9 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 42.1 in 2019 to 48.9 in 2010.

This page tracks total general government expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Netherlands from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total general government expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Netherlands from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 48.9 % of GDP in 2010 and reached its lowest recorded value of 42.1 in 2019. The latest reading of 44.9 in 2025 represents a change of +0.5pp.