Australia vs Netherlands: Expense, Transactions

Australia
1.03 trillion
in 2025
Netherlands
523.01 billion
in 2025
Australia rank
17th
Netherlands rank
20th

Expense, Transactions over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
200.0B400.0B600.0B800.0B1.0T199920122025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.03 trillion against 523.01 billion in Netherlands, a difference of 503.79 billion.

That makes Australia's figure about 2.0 times Netherlands's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 17th and Netherlands ranks 20th of 35 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Netherlands Difference Ahead
2000s 354.86 billion 261.62 billion 93.24 billion Australia
2010s 566.49 billion 319.44 billion 247.05 billion Australia
2020s 896.74 billion 450.06 billion 446.68 billion Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expense, transactions, Australia or Netherlands?
Australia, at 1.03 trillion against 523.01 billion in Netherlands as of 2025.
What is the difference in expense, transactions between Australia and Netherlands?
503.79 billion, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for expense, transactions?
Australia ranks 17th and Netherlands ranks 20th of 35 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Monetary Fund, published as Expense, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Expense, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
35 places, 879 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.