Netherlands in Numbers
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Government expenditure by function (COFOG)

44.4% of GDP1y +0.4 · 5y +2.3 · 10y -2.3as of 2024A source confidence
Spending by function — NetherlandsNetherlandsHealth (GF07)Education (GF09)Social protection (GF10)
Total government expenditure, % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)NetherlandsAustriaBelgiumGermanyDenmarkEU-27+3 more (hover)

Peer lines share one grey on purpose: hover for countries. The compared series can differ slightly from the Dutch definition above.

Source & method

SourceEurostat gov_10a_exp
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Trend methodOLS over last 8 annual observations, 5% significance (MBW convention)

Raw snapshot (JSON) · every observation keeps its retrieval timestamp and revision history in the public database.

Data table — Spending by function (Netherlands)
PeriodValue
202444.4
202344.0
202243.3
202145.9
202047.8
201942.1
201842.4
201742.8
201643.9
201545.3
201446.7
201347.5
201247.6
201147.8
201048.9
200948.4
200844.3
200743.3
200644.0
200543.4
200444.7
200345.8
200244.8
200144.1
200043.2
199944.3
199845.4
199746.5
199648.1
199554.8