General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.0% compared to 2005, reaching 5.2%.

Netherlands ranks 15th 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 10.6% (from 4.7% in 2001).

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