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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Netherlands 2020

Netherlands national debt goes up

In 2020 Netherlands public debt was 435,475 million euros496,224 million dollars, has increased 40,65054,465 million since 2019.

This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 54.7% of Netherlands GDP, a 6.1 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 48.6% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Netherlands debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 378,762 million euros 503,758 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 59.3%.

According to the last data point published, Netherlands per capita debt in 2020 was 24,919 euros28,396 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 22,681 euros 25,377 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,238 euros3,019 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 22,741 euros30,245 dollars .

The position of Netherlands, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2020 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 88 in the list of debt to GDP and 166 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Netherlands. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Netherlands in economy of Netherlands.

Netherlands: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2020Q4435,47554.70%€24,919
2020Q3441,61755.30%€25,369
2020Q2441,95555.20%€25,389
2020Q1403,48249.40%€23,179
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Netherlands: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2020435,475496,22454.70%€24,919$28,396
2019394,825441,75948.60%€22,681$25,377
2018405,899479,36252.40%€23,487$27,737
2017420,440474,64557.00%€24,471$27,626
2016438,532485,10161.90%€25,673$28,399
2015446,144494,85664.70%€26,276$29,145
2014455,886606,94767.90%€26,974$35,912
2013447,082595,03067.70%€26,566$35,357
2012432,462557,64166.20%€25,773$33,233
2011401,303559,63761.70%€23,987$33,450
2010378,762503,75859.30%€22,741$30,245
2009354,763486,06156.80%€21,404$29,325
2008354,036511,96054.70%€21,475$31,055
2007266,221356,20743.00%€16,228$21,713
2006264,157323,46245.20%€16,149$19,774
2005274,277332,40349.80%€16,792$20,350
2004266,332323,20250.30%€16,334$19,822
2003256,483282,51750.00%€15,776$17,377
2002244,916225,08948.90%€15,125$13,901
2001238,681207,85349.50%€14,820$12,906
2000235,879212,59952.20%€14,754$13,298
1999246,248257,45258.70%€15,522$16,229
1998247,525270,46162.80%€15,706$17,161
1997240,308270,64865.80%€15,351$17,289
1996248,191317,61471.40%€15,943$20,403
1995251,941326,91273.20%€16,261$21,099
1994232,017281,56073.60%€15,042$18,255
1993230,174273,26076.77%€15,003$17,812
1992220,605277,05175.70%€14,476$18,180
1991209,709248,05874.92%€13,861$16,396
1990199,046241,45975.13%€13,261$16,086
1989184,940192,38973.84%€12,418$12,918
1988174,524194,99473.80%€11,788$13,171
1987161,805176,29071.39%€10,996$11,980
1986154,124139,19669.05%€10,546$9,524
1985145,28697,19067.19%€9,999$6,689
1984128,29988,40562.01%€8,876$6,116
1983115,73389,58658.49%€8,040$6,224
1982100,03282,63152.52%€6,976$5,762
198185,93576,23646.94%€6,015$5,336
198076,14884,51343.62%€5,359$5,948
Netherlands: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Netherlands: Evolution of debt in millions