Public corporations; liabilities, controlling government sector 2012-2016

Public corporations; liabilities, controlling government sector 2012-2016

Sectors Periods Liabilities in million euros Other corporations Total other corporations (mln euro) Liabilities in million euros Other corporations Loss-making (mln euro) Liabilities in million euros Other corporations Profit-making (mln euro) Liabilities in % of GDP Other corporations Total other corporations (% of GDP) Liabilities in % of GDP Other corporations Loss-making (% of GDP) Liabilities in % of GDP Other corporations Profit-making (% of GDP)
General government sector 2016* 109,525 7,315 102,209 15.6 1.0 14.5
Central government 2016* 99,134 6,673 92,462 14.1 0.9 13.2
Local government 2016* 10,390 642 9,748 1.5 0.1 1.4
Social security funds 2016* 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains figures on the liabilities of public corporations for a given year.
Only public corporations that have liabilities of economically significant amounts are included; liabilities are economically significant when they are larger than 0.01% of GDP.
The liabilities consist of the following debt instruments: deposits, debt securities (short- and long-term) and loans (short- and long-term). The liabilities of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) are not included in this table. Figures by controlling government subsector, and financial or other (loss or profit making) corporations are also available. All figures are based on balance sheets at the end of a given year. Publication of this table meets one of the requirements of Directive EU 2011/85, part of the Enhanced Economic Governance package ("Six Pack") adopted by the European Council in 2011.

Data available from situation on 31 December 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Status of the figures:
Figures for 2016 are provisional. Figures for the other years are definite.
Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of 3 January 2019:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is replaced by table Public corporations; liabilities, controlling government sector. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Liabilities in million euros
The debt of public corporations according to the EMU debt definition.
It consists of the following debt instruments: deposits, short term debt securities, long term debt securities, short term loans and long term loans. The debt of public corporations is not part of the government debt (or EMU-debt).
Other corporations
All public corporations which are not financial corporations.
Total other corporations
All public corporations which are not financial corporations.
Loss-making
Other corporations with an operational loss in the accounting year.
Profit-making
Other corporations with an operational profit in the accounting year.
Liabilities in % of GDP
Liabilities of public corporations as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Other corporations
All public corporations which are not financial corporations.
Total other corporations
All public corporations which are not financial corporations.
Loss-making
Other corporations with an operational loss in the accounting year.
Profit-making
Other corporations with an operational profit in the accounting year.