Netherlands: Gross savings (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Netherlands' gross savings (current LCU) rose 0.8% on 2024 (from 323.98 billion to 326.73 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5% and a typical year strayed about 7.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30.8% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.8% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 15.82 billion a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 376.12 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 17.99 billion, against 25.63 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Netherlands had the 59th highest value of the 100 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Netherlands in the 2025 ranking

• Malaysia — 56th of 100: 445.87 billion
• Spain — 57th of 100: 410.34 billion
• Romania — 58th of 100: 345.87 billion
• Switzerland — 60th of 100: 317.19 billion
• Singapore — 61st of 100: 315.62 billion
• North Macedonia — 62nd of 100: 287.58 billion

What this measures

Savings is an amount that represents the part of disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption. Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

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Gross savings (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Albania — 604.68 billion (2025)
• Armenia — 1.98 trillion (2025)
• Austria — 132.35 billion (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 30.29 billion (2025)
• Belarus — 72.76 billion (2025)
• Belgium — 153.93 billion (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 11.42 billion (2025)
• Bulgaria — 19.4 billion (2025)
• Croatia — 19.53 billion (2025)
• Cyprus — 4.69 billion (2025)
• Czechia — 2.37 trillion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Netherlands

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$118.06 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$32.05 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$1.33 trillion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 1.18 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$937.25 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 931.77 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$73,684 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 65,208 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$51,817 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 51,514 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Netherlands's gross savings (current LCU)?

326.73 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1969?

It is up 1,858% from 16.68 billion in 1969 (5.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 326.73 billion in 2025 and the lowest 16.68 billion in 1969.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNS.ICTR.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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