Public and private social expenditure in Netherlands
Netherlands: Public and private social expenditure was 18.87 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Public and private social expenditure in Netherlands, 1980–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 18.87 Percentage of GDP for public and private social expenditure in 2024.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and private social expenditure in Netherlands peaked at 27.02 Percentage of GDP in 1983 and was at its lowest, 16.26 Percentage of GDP, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.16 Percentage of GDP | 24.04 Percentage of GDP | 27.02 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.33 Percentage of GDP | 20.27 Percentage of GDP | 26 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.04 Percentage of GDP | 16.26 Percentage of GDP | 21.16 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.39 Percentage of GDP | 17.52 Percentage of GDP | 19.14 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.18 Percentage of GDP | 17.71 Percentage of GDP | 21.18 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
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More social development data for Netherlands
- Social expenditure aggregates 18.87 Percentage of GDP (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 668,972 National currency (2025)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 152,789 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 258,324 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 126,826 National currency (2025)
- Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 213,361 National currency (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and private social expenditure in Netherlands?
- Public and private social expenditure in Netherlands was 18.87 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public and private social expenditure recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 27.02 Percentage of GDP in 1983.
- What is the lowest public and private social expenditure recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.26 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- How does Netherlands rank for public and private social expenditure?
- Netherlands ranks 4th out of 7 regions with data for 2024.
- Is public and private social expenditure rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public and private social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.