NL · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Netherlands, 2012
In 2012, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.9% compared to 2011, reaching 5.5%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.8%.
Netherlands ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.8% (from 5.1% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.