General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2005, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2004, reaching 5.3%.

Netherlands ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.2% (from 4.6% in 2000).

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