General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2024, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 44.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 49.1%.

Netherlands ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.5% (from 42.1% in 2019).

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