NL · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Netherlands, 2017
In 2017, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.5% compared to 2016, reaching 42.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 47.0%.
Netherlands ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.1% (from 47.6% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.