Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2018, Netherlands's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 7.9% compared to 2017, reaching 51.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 79.5%.

Netherlands ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.2% (from 67.2% in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.