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 3.8% compared to 2016, reaching 5.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.6%.
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 9.1% (from 5.5% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.