Government debt, share of GDP: Netherlands vs Belgium

Netherlands: 44.4 % (2025). Belgium: 107.9 % (2025).

Government debt, share of GDP in Netherlands and Belgium, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

NetherlandsBelgium
Latest figure44.4 %107.9 %
EU rank19 / 274 / 27
Change, 1 year+0.6 %+4.0 %
Change, 5 years-9.0 %-3.5 %

Shared periods

PeriodNetherlandsBelgiumGap
202544.4 %107.9 %-63.5 %
202443.8 %103.9 %-60.1 %
202345.8 %102.5 %-56.7 %
202248.4 %103.3 %-54.9 %
202150.5 %108.7 %-58.2 %
202053.4 %111.4 %-58.0 %
201947.7 %97.7 %-50.0 %
201851.6 %100.2 %-48.6 %
201756.0 %102.6 %-46.6 %
201660.9 %105.8 %-44.9 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1

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