Netherlands - Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Netherlands was 37.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 50.23 in 1983, while its lowest value was 34.93 in 1973.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1973 34.93
1974 35.85
1975 40.75
1976 40.99
1977 42.35
1978 43.38
1979 44.72
1980 45.55
1981 46.79
1982 49.46
1983 50.23
1984 49.27
1985 48.57
1986 48.76
1987 50.01
1988 47.90
1989 46.23
1990 45.39
1991 45.73
1992 46.21
1993 46.48
1994 45.50
1995 47.82
1996 41.22
1997 40.37
1998 38.76
1999 37.59
2000 36.48
2001 37.00
2002 37.29
2003 38.20
2004 37.40
2005 36.55
2006 37.48
2007 36.91
2008 37.33
2009 41.37
2010 41.57
2011 41.08
2012 41.30
2013 41.41
2014 40.95
2015 39.94
2016 38.99
2017 37.80
2018 37.67
2019 37.31

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance