Total value of one-off debt guarantees of Dutch general government sector 2010-2015

The source adds: "a debt guarantee is an arrangement in which a guarantor agrees to pay a creditor if a debtor defaults.

This table presents debt guarantees provided by the government. These include:
- Guarantees on interbank loans as a result of the financial crisis.
- Export credit guarantees.
- Guarantee arrangements for specific sectors.
- Guarantees provided to individual institutions.

The data do not include:
- Government guarantees issued within the guarantee mechanism under the Framework Agreement of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
- Guarantees provided for the 'European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism' (ESFM) en the 'European Stability Mechanism' (ESM).
- Derivative-type guarantees, i.e. guarantees that meet the definition of a financial derivative
- Deposit insurance guarantees and comparable schemes
- Government guarantees issued on events whose occurrence is very difficult to cover via commercial insurance (earthquakes, large-scale flooding, nuclear accidents, certain art exhibitions, etc.)."

The source adds: "a one-off guarantee is defined as individual, and guarantors are not able to make a reliable estimate of the risk of calls."

* The number provided for 2015 is provisional.