General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2003, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.2% compared to 2002, reaching 45.8%.

Netherlands ranks 14th 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 0.9% (from 45.4% in 1998).

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