The data displays the private debt in the Benelux countries as of the third quarter of 2016, compared to their highest debt between 2000 and 2016 (as share of GDP). In the third quarter of 2016, the private debt ratio in the Netherlands was approx. 236 percent, slightly lower than the highest level of roughly 247%. A large part of the private debt in the Netherlands is comprised of mortgages. Between 2006 and 2016, the total mortgage debt from households in the Netherlands increased from approx. 548 billion euro in 2006 to approx.
