General government expenditure by function

In 2023, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function decreased by 1.4% compared to 2022, reaching 7.10.

Netherlands accounts for 98.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

Netherlands ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.4% (from 7.20 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.