The consolidated national debt excludes the accrued debt, the
financial derivatives debt and debts between governments and is measured against the nominal value.
* The figure is provisional.
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Government debt to GDP ratio of the Netherlands 1995-2021
In 2021, the government debt to GDP ratio of the Netherlands fell to 52.4, after recording its lowest value since 2007 and the early following economic crisis after the fall of Lehmann Brothers. This happened after the Dutch government in 2014, then made up of coalition Rutte II, which consisted ofVVD (the Liberal Party) and PvdA (Labor), started to reduce the government debt. This policy continued in the next government of Rutte II, with VVD, CDA (Christian Democrats), CU (Conservative Christians) and D66 (Moderates).
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