NL · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Netherlands, 2016
In 2016, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2015, reaching 5.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.7%.
Netherlands ranks 10th 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 3.7% (from 5.4% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.