NL · 2021 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Netherlands, 2021
In 2021, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.2% compared to 2020, reaching 16.4%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.2%.
Netherlands ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.1% (from 17.1% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.