General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Netherlands's general government expenditure by function increased by 2.5% compared to 2020, reaching 8.30.

Netherlands accounts for 103.8% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.9% (from 7.10 in 2016).

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