Municipal budgets; income and expenditures by region and size class

Municipal budgets; income and expenditures by region and size class

Municipal tasks Regions Periods Municipal budget in million of euros Revenues (million euros) Municipal budget in million of euros Expenditures (million euros) Municipal budget in million of euros Balance (million euros) Municipal budget in euro/inhabitant Revenues (euro/inhabitant) Municipal budget in euro/inhabitant Expenditures (euro/inhabitant) Municipal budget in euro/inhabitant Balance (euro/inhabitant)
Total sports, culture and recreation The Netherlands 2023* 745 5,629 -4,884 42 316 -274
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 83 562 -479 47 320 -273
Total sports, culture and recreation Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 149 1,092 -943 40 290 -251
Total sports, culture and recreation West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 350 2,858 -2,508 41 335 -294
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 163 1,116 -954 43 297 -254
Total sports, culture and recreation Groningen (PV) 2023* 43 215 -172 72 360 -288
Total sports, culture and recreation Fryslân (PV) 2023* 18 188 -171 27 285 -259
Total sports, culture and recreation Drenthe (PV) 2023* 22 159 -137 44 317 -273
Total sports, culture and recreation Overijssel (PV) 2023* 42 349 -306 36 294 -259
Total sports, culture and recreation Flevoland (PV) 2023* 21 148 -127 47 333 -286
Total sports, culture and recreation Gelderland (PV) 2023* 86 596 -509 40 279 -239
Total sports, culture and recreation Utrecht (PV) 2023* 56 442 -386 40 319 -278
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 131 996 -865 44 337 -293
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 152 1,299 -1,148 40 341 -302
Total sports, culture and recreation Zeeland (PV) 2023* 11 121 -110 29 310 -281
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 120 786 -666 46 299 -254
Total sports, culture and recreation Limburg (PV) 2023* 43 330 -288 38 293 -255
Total sports, culture and recreation Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023* 6 39 -34 42 285 -243
Total sports, culture and recreation Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023* 4 18 -13 98 387 -289
Total sports, culture and recreation Overig Groningen (CR) 2023* 33 158 -125 80 383 -303
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023* 9 92 -83 27 281 -254
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023* 5 42 -37 34 292 -258
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023* 4 55 -51 21 289 -268
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 14 69 -55 69 352 -283
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 3 48 -44 19 280 -260
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 5 43 -37 39 313 -274
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 12 116 -104 30 300 -270
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 6 52 -46 36 323 -287
Total sports, culture and recreation Twente (CR) 2023* 25 181 -156 39 284 -245
Total sports, culture and recreation Veluwe (CR) 2023* 29 187 -158 40 261 -221
Total sports, culture and recreation Achterhoek (CR) 2023* 12 107 -95 29 263 -234
Total sports, culture and recreation Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023* 35 246 -211 47 325 -278
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023* 10 55 -45 40 218 -178
Total sports, culture and recreation Utrecht (CR) 2023* 56 442 -386 40 319 -278
Total sports, culture and recreation Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023* 15 112 -97 40 290 -250
Total sports, culture and recreation Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023* 11 84 -73 44 329 -286
Total sports, culture and recreation IJmond (CR) 2023* 5 49 -45 23 246 -223
Total sports, culture and recreation Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023* 18 82 -64 78 351 -273
Total sports, culture and recreation Zaanstreek (CR) 2023* 3 46 -43 18 261 -242
Total sports, culture and recreation Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023* 72 567 -495 49 389 -339
Total sports, culture and recreation Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023* 6 55 -48 27 224 -198
Total sports, culture and recreation Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023* 16 129 -114 36 294 -258
Total sports, culture and recreation Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023* 40 332 -292 44 365 -321
Total sports, culture and recreation Delft en Westland (CR) 2023* 6 67 -62 23 280 -257
Total sports, culture and recreation Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 12 91 -79 35 263 -228
Total sports, culture and recreation Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023* 58 566 -507 39 380 -341
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 20 114 -94 53 301 -248
Total sports, culture and recreation Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023* 4 36 -32 35 338 -304
Total sports, culture and recreation Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023* 8 85 -78 27 300 -273
Total sports, culture and recreation West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 24 188 -164 38 291 -253
Total sports, culture and recreation Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 30 161 -131 59 319 -261
Total sports, culture and recreation Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 30 207 -178 44 308 -264
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 36 230 -193 45 286 -241
Total sports, culture and recreation Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023* 9 75 -66 31 260 -229
Total sports, culture and recreation Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023* 6 65 -59 24 268 -244
Total sports, culture and recreation Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023* 28 191 -163 47 319 -272
Total sports, culture and recreation Flevoland (CR) 2023* 21 148 -127 47 333 -286
Total sports, culture and recreation Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants 2023* 1 7 -6 75 567 -491
Total sports, culture and recreation 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants 2023* 2 12 -11 32 214 -183
Total sports, culture and recreation 10,000 to 19,999 inhabitants 2023* 24 183 -158 29 221 -191
Total sports, culture and recreation 20,000 to 49,999 inhabitants 2023* 185 1,496 -1,311 31 250 -219
Total sports, culture and recreation 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants 2023* 180 1,231 -1,051 43 296 -253
Total sports, culture and recreation 100,000 to 149,999 inhabitants 2023* 64 544 -480 39 331 -292
Total sports, culture and recreation 150,000 to 249,999 inhabitants 2023* 173 1,021 -848 66 392 -326
Total sports, culture and recreation 250,000 inhabitants or more 2023* 116 1,134 -1,019 46 451 -405
Source: CBS.
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This table contains figures on the budgeted expenditures and income per task (policy area) according to region and size class in millions of euros and in euros per inhabitant. The presented figures are based on data that adhere to the definitions and classifications that municipalities themselves use in their administration. These data are supplied to Statistics Netherlands through the questionnaire called Information for Third Parties (Iv3). The directives for this questionnaire have been laid down in the Directive for Budgeting and Accounting for provinces and municipalities (BBV).

Data available from: 2017

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are provisional at the time of first publication in March. In May, revised provisional figures are released. Upon the third publication one year later, the figures will become definitive.

Changes as of 20 March 2023:
The provisional figures for 2023 have been added.
The figures for 2022 have become definitive.

In 2023, changes to the Iv3 questionnaire were introduced. This has led to a break in the time series for the municipal tasks Public health, General provisions including district teams, Income arrangements, Participation, Individual social support, Individual services 18+, Individual services 18-, Escalated care 18+ and Escalated care 18-. For these municipal tasks, comparing 2023 figures with figures relating to earlier years is therefore difficult.
The following changes were made as from 2023:
- Expenditures and revenues related to Centres for Youth and Family must be registered under General provisions including district teams instead of Public health;
- Expenditures and revenues related to tackling domestic violence must be registered under General provisions including district teams instead of Escalated care 18+;
- Expenditures and revenues related to debt counselling must be registered under Income arrangements instead of Individual services 18+;
- Expenditures and revenues related to housing and transport services must be registered under Individual social support instead of Individual services 18+;
- Expenditures and revenues related to day care under the Social Support Act (WMO) must be registered under Individual services 18+ instead of Participation;
- Expenditures and revenues related to the walk-in function mental health care facilities must be registered under Individual services 18+ instead of Escalated care 18+.

Because of the changes mentioned above, municipalities have had to adjust their financial administration. In this process, municipalities have also transferred amounts from Escalated care 18+ to other tasks, Individual services 18- in particular.

When will new figures be published?
The provisional figures for the financial year in question and the definitive figures for the previous financial year will be made available in the month of March of the financial year. In May, revised provisional figures are released.
The figures are subject to revision based on the availability of new or updated sources. In general these adjustments are limited in size and scope. In May, adjustments are largely due to the fact that amalgamated municipalities are allowed to send their data to Statistics Netherlands in April instead of November. For the release in March, Statistics Netherlands makes an estimate for those municipalities and potential other non-response. For the release in May, data supplied by amalgamated municipalities have been processed. During the analysis of the municipal budgets, occasionally an error is found in the data submitted for the previous year. This is rectified in the definitive figures upon publication in March. The adjustments will be implemented when new annual figures are added to the series.
Because of changes in the source material, Information for Third Parties (Iv3), the data are no longer completely comparable with data from earlier years as of the publication of the figures of the 2017 budgets. More information on these changes can be found in paragraph 3 under 'relevant tables'.

Description topics

Municipal budget in million of euros
Figures based on the municipal budget shown in million of euros.
Revenues
The revenues of the municipal budget in million of euros.

The municipal revenues include received interest, sale of land, sale of goods and services, received subsidies, transfers and taxes by municipalities.
The revenues are recorded including internal settlements (including withdrawals from reserves and release of provisions).

The largest part of the municipal revenues consists of the government contribution received from the Municipalities Fund and the municipal taxes received.
Expenditures
The expenditures of the municipal budget in million of euros.

The municipal expenditures include wages and salaries paid, interest charges, purchase of (non) durable goods and services (including energy costs and costs of hiring staff) and paid income transfers, paid investment contributions to governments and third parties and the land purchases.
Expenses are recorded including internal settlements (including depreciation, deposits in reserves and provisions).
Balance
The difference between the revenues and the expenditures of the municipal budget in million of euros.
Municipal budget in euro/inhabitant
Figures based on the municipal budget shown in euro per inhabitant.
Revenues
The revenues of the municipal budget in euro per inhabitant.

The municipal revenues include received interest, sale of land, sale of goods and services, received subsidies, transfers and taxes by municipalities.
The revenues are recorded including internal settlements (including withdrawals from reserves and release of provisions).

The largest part of the municipal revenues consists of the government contribution received from the Municipalities Fund and the municipal taxes received.
Expenditures
The expenditures of the municipal budget in euro per inhabitant.

The municipal expenditures include wages and salaries paid, interest charges, purchase of (non) durable goods and services (including energy costs and costs of hiring staff) and paid income transfers, paid investment contributions to governments and third parties and the land purchases.
Expenses are recorded including internal settlements (including depreciation, deposits in reserves and provisions).
Balance
The difference between the revenues and the expenditures of the municipal budget in euro per inhabitant.