General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2004, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2003, reaching 5.2%.

Netherlands ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.3% (from 4.8% in 1999).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.