Netherlands in Numbers
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Government expenditure by function (COFOG)

44.4% of GDPchange: 1y +0.4 pts · 5y +2.3 pts · 10y -2.3 ptsas 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.

Position among the same 8 countries, year by year1 = highest value

Countries are ordered by value, highest first — rank 1 means the highest number, not “the best”. A year is ranked only when all 8 countries report it; missing years stay gaps. The EU average is not a country and is not ranked.

Source & method

SourceEurostat gov_10a_exp
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Trend methodOLS over last 8 annual observations, 5% significance (MBW convention)
RevisionsNone recorded since 2026-07-07. Every retrieval is stored append-only; when the source restates history, the old and new values become comparable here.

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