Netherlands: Short-term external debt

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 Netherlands

Short-term debt, percent of total external debt

 Latest value 23.60
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2003 - 2024
 Average 23.23
 Min - Max 19.97 - 28.30
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2024 is 23.6 percent, a decline from 23.87 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 23.55 percent, based on data from 104 countries. Historically, the average for the Netherlands from 2003 to 2024 is 23.23 percent. The minimum value, 19.97 percent, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 28.3 percent was recorded in 2007. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Netherlands - Short-term external debt - Recent values chart

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Netherlands - Short-term external debt - historical chart - 2003-2024




Definition: External debt with of public and private domestic borrowers to non-residents with maturity of twelve months of less as percent of total external debt. Source: 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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