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)
General payments and other payments Ge.. The Netherlands 2025* 44,712 19 44,693 2,478 1 2,477
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Nederland (LD) 2025* 4,857 1 4,855 2,737 1 2,737
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Nederland (LD) 2025* 9,167 6 9,161 2,404 2 2,402
General payments and other payments Ge.. West-Nederland (LD) 2025* 21,564 3 21,561 2,491 0 2,490
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2025* 9,124 8 9,116 2,401 2 2,399
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groningen (PV) 2025* 1,770 0 1,770 2,935 0 2,935
General payments and other payments Ge.. Fryslân (PV) 2025* 1,768 1 1,768 2,662 1 2,661
General payments and other payments Ge.. Drenthe (PV) 2025* 1,318 1 1,317 2,601 1 2,600
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overijssel (PV) 2025* 2,999 2 2,997 2,508 2 2,506
General payments and other payments Ge.. Flevoland (PV) 2025* 1,079 0 1,079 2,363 0 2,363
General payments and other payments Ge.. Gelderland (PV) 2025* 5,089 4 5,085 2,355 2 2,353
General payments and other payments Ge.. Utrecht (PV) 2025* 3,130 0 3,130 2,222 0 2,222
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Holland (PV) 2025* 7,495 0 7,495 2,504 0 2,504
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Holland (PV) 2025* 9,945 3 9,942 2,574 1 2,574
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zeeland (PV) 2025* 994 0 994 2,529 0 2,529
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Brabant (PV) 2025* 6,173 0 6,173 2,317 0 2,317
General payments and other payments Ge.. Limburg (PV) 2025* 2,951 8 2,943 2,599 7 2,592
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Groningen (CR) 2025* 426 0 426 3,056 0 3,056
General payments and other payments Ge.. Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2025* 131 0 131 2,930 0 2,930
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overig Groningen (CR) 2025* 1,214 0 1,214 2,895 0 2,895
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Friesland (CR) 2025* 939 0 939 2,846 0 2,846
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2025* 345 0 345 2,418 0 2,418
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2025* 484 1 483 2,528 4 2,524
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 495 1 495 2,513 3 2,510
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 479 0 479 2,791 0 2,791
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 343 0 343 2,491 1 2,490
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2025* 985 0 984 2,523 1 2,522
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2025* 403 0 403 2,488 0 2,488
General payments and other payments Ge.. Twente (CR) 2025* 1,612 2 1,610 2,504 2 2,501
General payments and other payments Ge.. Veluwe (CR) 2025* 1,607 0 1,607 2,211 1 2,210
General payments and other payments Ge.. Achterhoek (CR) 2025* 971 4 967 2,379 9 2,370
General payments and other payments Ge.. Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2025* 1,991 0 1,991 2,588 0 2,588
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2025* 521 0 521 2,024 0 2,024
General payments and other payments Ge.. Utrecht (CR) 2025* 3,130 0 3,130 2,222 0 2,222
General payments and other payments Ge.. Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2025* 884 0 884 2,275 0 2,275
General payments and other payments Ge.. Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2025* 576 0 576 2,236 0 2,236
General payments and other payments Ge.. IJmond (CR) 2025* 412 0 412 2,037 0 2,037
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2025* 566 0 566 2,385 0 2,384
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zaanstreek (CR) 2025* 444 0 444 2,480 1 2,479
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2025* 4,110 0 4,109 2,773 0 2,773
General payments and other payments Ge.. Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2025* 502 0 503 2,045 -1 2,046
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2025* 953 2 951 2,129 4 2,125
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2025* 2,598 0 2,598 2,815 0 2,815
General payments and other payments Ge.. Delft en Westland (CR) 2025* 537 -1 538 2,176 -5 2,181
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2025* 766 0 766 2,177 0 2,177
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2025* 4,158 0 4,158 2,752 0 2,752
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2025* 933 2 931 2,437 5 2,432
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2025* 258 0 258 2,431 0 2,431
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overig Zeeland (CR) 2025* 736 0 736 2,565 0 2,565
General payments and other payments Ge.. West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2025* 1,536 1 1,535 2,348 1 2,347
General payments and other payments Ge.. Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2025* 1,219 0 1,219 2,381 0 2,381
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2025* 1,541 0 1,541 2,260 1 2,260
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2025* 1,877 -1 1,878 2,299 -1 2,301
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Limburg (CR) 2025* 732 2 730 2,513 7 2,505
General payments and other payments Ge.. Midden-Limburg (CR) 2025* 559 0 559 2,293 0 2,293
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2025* 1,660 6 1,654 2,765 10 2,756
General payments and other payments Ge.. Flevoland (CR) 2025* 1,079 0 1,079 2,363 0 2,363
General payments and other payments Ge.. Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants 2025* 39 0 39 3,051 -4 3,055
General payments and other payments Ge.. 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants 2025* 94 0 94 1,919 1 1,917
General payments and other payments Ge.. 10,000 to 19,999 inhabitants 2025* 1,706 3 1,703 2,024 3 2,021
General payments and other payments Ge.. 20,000 to 49,999 inhabitants 2025* 12,236 3 12,232 2,093 1 2,092
General payments and other payments Ge.. 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants 2025* 10,363 10 10,353 2,346 2 2,344
General payments and other payments Ge.. 100,000 to 149,999 inhabitants 2025* 4,570 2 4,567 2,735 1 2,733
General payments and other payments Ge.. 150,000 to 249,999 inhabitants 2025* 7,329 0 7,329 2,762 0 2,762
General payments and other payments Ge.. 250,000 inhabitants or more 2025* 8,376 0 8,376 3,281 0 3,281
General provisions including district .. The Netherlands 2025* 1,337 5,751 -4,414 74 319 -245
General provisions including district .. Noord-Nederland (LD) 2025* 125 514 -389 70 290 -219
General provisions including district .. Oost-Nederland (LD) 2025* 329 1,169 -840 86 307 -220
General provisions including district .. West-Nederland (LD) 2025* 618 2,939 -2,321 71 339 -268
General provisions including district .. Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2025* 265 1,129 -864 70 297 -227
General provisions including district .. Groningen (PV) 2025* 37 198 -161 61 328 -266
General provisions including district .. Fryslân (PV) 2025* 44 170 -126 66 256 -190
General provisions including district .. Drenthe (PV) 2025* 43 146 -102 86 288 -202
General provisions including district .. Overijssel (PV) 2025* 101 346 -245 85 289 -204
General provisions including district .. Flevoland (PV) 2025* 58 163 -106 127 358 -231
General provisions including district .. Gelderland (PV) 2025* 170 660 -490 79 305 -227
General provisions including district .. Utrecht (PV) 2025* 61 420 -359 43 298 -255
General provisions including district .. Noord-Holland (PV) 2025* 180 970 -790 60 324 -264
General provisions including district .. Zuid-Holland (PV) 2025* 333 1,401 -1,068 86 363 -276
General provisions including district .. Zeeland (PV) 2025* 44 148 -104 111 375 -264
General provisions including district .. Noord-Brabant (PV) 2025* 194 831 -638 73 312 -239
General provisions including district .. Limburg (PV) 2025* 71 298 -226 63 262 -199
General provisions including district .. Oost-Groningen (CR) 2025* 9 33 -24 66 237 -171
General provisions including district .. Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2025* 3 14 -11 65 311 -246
General provisions including district .. Overig Groningen (CR) 2025* 25 151 -126 60 360 -300
General provisions including district .. Noord-Friesland (CR) 2025* 12 73 -61 35 220 -185
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2025* 15 41 -26 105 285 -181
General provisions including district .. Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2025* 18 57 -39 92 297 -205
General provisions including district .. Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 25 60 -35 126 306 -180
General provisions including district .. Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 15 54 -39 86 315 -229
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2025* 4 31 -28 28 228 -200
General provisions including district .. Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2025* 34 108 -74 87 278 -190
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2025* 2 39 -37 14 240 -225
General provisions including district .. Twente (CR) 2025* 65 198 -134 101 308 -208
General provisions including district .. Veluwe (CR) 2025* 53 211 -158 73 290 -217
General provisions including district .. Achterhoek (CR) 2025* 39 123 -84 97 302 -205
General provisions including district .. Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2025* 67 266 -199 88 346 -259
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2025* 10 59 -49 40 230 -190
General provisions including district .. Utrecht (CR) 2025* 61 420 -359 43 298 -255
General provisions including district .. Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2025* 18 88 -71 45 227 -181
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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. Upon the third publication one year later, the figures will become definitive.

Changes as of 18 March 2025:
The provisional figures for 2025 have been added.
The figures for 2024 have become definitive.

In the budget years 2023 and 2025, 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+.
The following changes were made as from 2025:
- Expenses and revenues related to coordination and policy concerning WMO and youth care are included under Individual Services 18+ and Individual Services 18- starting in 2025, whereas in previous years they were spread across various areas within the social domain.
- Expenses and revenues related to individual budgets for WMO and youth care are included under Individual Services 18+ and Individual Services 18- starting in 2025, whereas previously they were partially booked under Individual Social Support.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures will be made available in the month of March of the financial year.
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. 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.