Public expenditure and expenditure; functions, Transactions, Government Sectors

This table provides data on expenditure and final consumption expenditure of the general government sector by government function. The classification of government functions is defined in the ‘Classification of the Functions of Government’ (COFOG 99). Based on the COFOG classification, the distribution by collective and individualisable government consumption is determined. The terms used are in line with the National Accounts. The national accounts are based on the international definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). The transaction moment determines the moment of booking. The data presented are in line with the publications on the National Accounts. There may be small temporary differences with the publications of the National Accounts because the published figures of government accounts are sometimes more up-to-date. The data in this table are consolidated. This means that flows between them are eliminated. As a result, the expenditure and revenue of the subsectors do not add to total expenditure and revenue of general government. Payments from, for example, the State to the municipalities are part of the government’s expenditure and revenue. However, for the total expenditure and income of general government, these flows do not count towards each other. Because they're payments from the government to the government. Data available from: 1995. Status of the figures: The most recent reporting year 2020 has the status provisionally, the reporting years 2019 and earlier have the status definitive. Amendments as of 18 March 2022: The expenditure of the government sector on social benefits (D.62) within the main education function (COFOG-main group 9) in the reporting year 2019 has been corrected. Due to a processing error, the amounts within the main teaching function were wrongly assigned to functions. The total social benefits of the government in the main education function in 2019 remained unchanged. Changes as of 26 November 2021: Provisional figures for 2020 are included. The figures for 2019 are final. When will there be new figures? New figures are published in the second half of the year following the last reporting year.