Netherlands: Fiscal balance, percent of GDP
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| Netherlands |
Fiscal balance, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | -0.95 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2024 |
| Average | -1.84 |
| Min - Max | -8.72 - 1.91 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2024 is -0.95 percent, a decline from -0.37 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is -2.69 percent, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for the Netherlands from 1990 to 2024 is -1.84 percent. The minimum value, -8.72 percent, was reached in 1995 while the maximum of 1.91 percent was recorded in 2019.
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Definition: The fiscal (budget) balance is the difference between government revenue and government expenditure. The value is expressed as percent of GDP to relate it to the size of the economy. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 24.50 | 2023 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 282.85 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -0.95 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -0.51 | 2024 | percent |
| Government expenditure | 82.43 | Q4/2025 | billion |
| Long-term interest rate | 2.88 | 9/2025 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 24.84 | 2023 | percent |
| Commercial tax rate | 41.20 | 2019 | percent |
| Tax preparation time | 119 | 2019 | hours |
| Taxes on goods and services | 26.36 | 2023 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 0.01 | 1980 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 35.28 | 2023 | percent |
| Government debt | 43.79 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt in foreign currency, percent | 1.27 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt held by non-residents | 38.76 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 8.64 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 4.89 | 2024 | percent |