General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 3.9% compared to 2007, reaching 5.3%.

Netherlands ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 5.2% in 2003).

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