Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Netherlands

Government consumption in US dollars in the Netherlands in 2025 — 344,796,274,603 US$. Ranked 11 in the world out of 132. Since 1969, the indicator has risen by 5,584.8%.

2025 345B US$ +10.29% vs 2024
World rank 11of 132
Period maximum 345B US$2025
Period minimum 6.07B US$1969

Trend over time

1969–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Netherlands, 1969–20250100B200B300B400B19691975198119871993199920052011201720231969: 6,065,268,143 US$1970: 6,942,145,249 US$1971: 8,460,159,774 US$1972: 10,704,362,126 US$1973: 13,990,315,308 US$1974: 17,219,265,514 US$1975: 21,574,134,716 US$1976: 23,527,866,311 US$1977: 28,284,613,451 US$1978: 35,203,566,918 US$1979: 41,548,437,878 US$1980: 44,788,337,397 US$1981: 37,721,534,046 US$1982: 37,165,436,164 US$1983: 35,798,427,921 US$1984: 31,605,316,621 US$1985: 32,021,417,861 US$1986: 44,555,856,269 US$1987: 56,582,152,959 US$1988: 58,960,786,041 US$1989: 56,230,794,970 US$1990: 68,755,650,490 US$1991: 71,378,348,656 US$1992: 80,955,700,501 US$1993: 79,787,401,519 US$1994: 84,886,405,134 US$1995: 100,992,314,027 US$1996: 95,986,928,105 US$1997: 87,192,229,501 US$1998: 90,873,139,302 US$1999: 91,774,009,927 US$2000: 85,622,577,744 US$2001: 90,394,096,957 US$2002: 104,708,106,492 US$2003: 132,982,609,183 US$2004: 148,871,473,153 US$2005: 153,521,983,701 US$2006: 171,158,209,228 US$2007: 198,408,217,171 US$2008: 224,679,959,184 US$2009: 228,145,955,529 US$2010: 223,661,658,833 US$2011: 234,999,629,484 US$2012: 219,728,413,030 US$2013: 227,595,604,026 US$2014: 230,927,977,334 US$2015: 192,845,545,032 US$2016: 195,356,223,482 US$2017: 205,003,243,094 US$2018: 225,147,796,340 US$2019: 226,427,153,302 US$2020: 239,567,638,479 US$2021: 267,738,106,733 US$2022: 254,730,359,467 US$2023: 285,278,670,861 US$2024: 312,625,033,170 US$2025: 344,796,274,603 US$
Change over the period: +339B (+5,584.77%) Average annual rate: 7.48 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands

Netherlands 345B US$
Western Europe computed 2.75T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 345B +32.17B +10.29%
2024 313B +27.35B +9.59%
2023 285B +30.55B +11.99%
2022 255B −13.01B −4.86%
2021 268B +28.17B +11.76%
2020 240B +13.14B +5.8%
2019 226B +1.28B +0.57%
2018 225B +20.14B +9.83%
2017 205B +9.65B +4.94%
2016 195B +2.51B +1.3%
2015 193B −38.08B −16.49%
2014 231B +3.33B +1.46%
2013 228B +7.87B +3.58%
2012 220B −15.27B −6.5%
2011 235B +11.34B +5.07%
2010 224B −4.48B −1.97%
2009 228B +3.47B +1.54%
2008 225B +26.27B +13.24%
2007 198B +27.25B +15.92%
2006 171B +17.64B +11.49%
2005 154B +4.65B +3.12%
2004 149B +15.89B +11.95%
2003 133B +28.27B +27%
2002 105B +14.31B +15.84%
2001 90.39B +4.77B +5.57%
2000 85.62B −6.15B −6.7%
1999 91.77B +901M +0.99%
1998 90.87B +3.68B +4.22%
1997 87.19B −8.79B −9.16%
1996 95.99B −5.01B −4.96%
1995 101B +16.11B +18.97%
1994 84.89B +5.1B +6.39%
1993 79.79B −1.17B −1.44%
1992 80.96B +9.58B +13.42%
1991 71.38B +2.62B +3.81%
1990 68.76B +12.52B +22.27%
1989 56.23B −2.73B −4.63%
1988 58.96B +2.38B +4.2%
1987 56.58B +12.03B +26.99%
1986 44.56B +12.53B +39.14%
1985 32.02B +416M +1.32%
1984 31.61B −4.19B −11.71%
1983 35.8B −1.37B −3.68%
1982 37.17B −556M −1.47%
1981 37.72B −7.07B −15.78%
1980 44.79B +3.24B +7.8%
1979 41.55B +6.34B +18.02%
1978 35.2B +6.92B +24.46%
1977 28.28B +4.76B +20.22%
1976 23.53B +1.95B +9.06%
1975 21.57B +4.35B +25.29%
1974 17.22B +3.23B +23.08%
1973 13.99B +3.29B +30.7%
1972 10.7B +2.24B +26.53%
1971 8.46B +1.52B +21.87%
1970 6.94B +877M +14.46%
1969 6.07B

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.