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 2023* 38,806 9 38,797 2,178 1 2,178
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 4,203 1 4,201 2,391 1 2,390
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 7,896 2 7,895 2,098 0 2,098
General payments and other payments Ge.. West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 18,869 5 18,865 2,210 1 2,209
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 7,838 1 7,836 2,087 0 2,087
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groningen (PV) 2023* 1,538 0 1,537 2,579 0 2,579
General payments and other payments Ge.. Fryslân (PV) 2023* 1,514 0 1,514 2,295 0 2,295
General payments and other payments Ge.. Drenthe (PV) 2023* 1,151 1 1,150 2,292 2 2,291
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overijssel (PV) 2023* 2,588 0 2,588 2,185 0 2,185
General payments and other payments Ge.. Flevoland (PV) 2023* 933 1 932 2,097 2 2,095
General payments and other payments Ge.. Gelderland (PV) 2023* 4,376 1 4,375 2,051 0 2,050
General payments and other payments Ge.. Utrecht (PV) 2023* 2,750 1 2,749 1,981 0 1,981
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 6,579 1 6,578 2,225 0 2,225
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 8,693 3 8,690 2,285 1 2,284
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zeeland (PV) 2023* 848 0 848 2,168 0 2,168
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 5,284 1 5,283 2,012 0 2,012
General payments and other payments Ge.. Limburg (PV) 2023* 2,553 0 2,553 2,263 0 2,263
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023* 377 0 377 2,739 0 2,739
General payments and other payments Ge.. Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023* 117 0 117 2,569 0 2,569
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overig Groningen (CR) 2023* 1,044 0 1,044 2,527 0 2,527
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023* 804 0 804 2,463 0 2,463
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023* 295 0 295 2,066 0 2,066
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023* 414 0 414 2,179 1 2,178
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 439 0 439 2,247 2 2,246
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 415 1 414 2,435 3 2,432
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 297 0 297 2,179 0 2,179
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 843 0 843 2,187 0 2,186
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 351 0 351 2,196 0 2,196
General payments and other payments Ge.. Twente (CR) 2023* 1,394 0 1,394 2,181 0 2,181
General payments and other payments Ge.. Veluwe (CR) 2023* 1,378 0 1,377 1,925 1 1,924
General payments and other payments Ge.. Achterhoek (CR) 2023* 834 0 834 2,053 0 2,053
General payments and other payments Ge.. Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023* 1,718 0 1,718 2,270 0 2,270
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023* 445 0 445 1,749 1 1,748
General payments and other payments Ge.. Utrecht (CR) 2023* 2,750 1 2,749 1,981 0 1,981
General payments and other payments Ge.. Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023* 764 0 764 1,979 0 1,979
General payments and other payments Ge.. Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023* 504 0 504 1,975 0 1,975
General payments and other payments Ge.. IJmond (CR) 2023* 358 0 358 1,782 1 1,781
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023* 495 0 495 2,110 0 2,109
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zaanstreek (CR) 2023* 383 0 383 2,173 2 2,171
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023* 3,646 0 3,645 2,498 0 2,498
General payments and other payments Ge.. Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023* 429 0 429 1,758 0 1,758
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023* 814 2 812 1,850 5 1,845
General payments and other payments Ge.. Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023* 2,278 0 2,278 2,503 0 2,503
General payments and other payments Ge.. Delft en Westland (CR) 2023* 453 0 453 1,886 0 1,886
General payments and other payments Ge.. Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 658 0 658 1,903 0 1,903
General payments and other payments Ge.. Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023* 3,661 1 3,660 2,459 1 2,459
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 829 0 829 2,184 1 2,183
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023* 221 0 221 2,085 0 2,085
General payments and other payments Ge.. Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023* 627 0 627 2,198 0 2,198
General payments and other payments Ge.. West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1,308 0 1,308 2,023 0 2,023
General payments and other payments Ge.. Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1,048 0 1,048 2,081 0 2,081
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1,329 0 1,329 1,976 1 1,976
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1,598 1 1,598 1,990 1 1,989
General payments and other payments Ge.. Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023* 632 0 632 2,185 1 2,185
General payments and other payments Ge.. Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023* 479 0 479 1,983 0 1,983
General payments and other payments Ge.. Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023* 1,443 0 1,443 2,414 0 2,414
General payments and other payments Ge.. Flevoland (CR) 2023* 933 1 932 2,097 2 2,095
General payments and other payments Ge.. Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants 2023* 32 0 32 2,519 0 2,519
General payments and other payments Ge.. 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants 2023* 94 0 94 1,640 0 1,640
General payments and other payments Ge.. 10,000 to 19,999 inhabitants 2023* 1,437 1 1,436 1,736 1 1,735
General payments and other payments Ge.. 20,000 to 49,999 inhabitants 2023* 10,986 5 10,981 1,832 1 1,831
General payments and other payments Ge.. 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants 2023* 8,535 2 8,533 2,052 1 2,051
General payments and other payments Ge.. 100,000 to 149,999 inhabitants 2023* 3,940 1 3,939 2,400 1 2,399
General payments and other payments Ge.. 150,000 to 249,999 inhabitants 2023* 6,282 0 6,282 2,414 0 2,414
General payments and other payments Ge.. 250,000 inhabitants or more 2023* 7,500 0 7,500 2,981 0 2,981
General provisions including district .. The Netherlands 2023* 354 4,081 -3,727 20 229 -209
General provisions including district .. Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 29 362 -332 17 206 -189
General provisions including district .. Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 67 794 -727 18 211 -193
General provisions including district .. West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 179 2,076 -1,897 21 243 -222
General provisions including district .. Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 78 850 -771 21 226 -205
General provisions including district .. Groningen (PV) 2023* 15 142 -127 25 238 -213
General provisions including district .. Fryslân (PV) 2023* 11 133 -122 17 202 -185
General provisions including district .. Drenthe (PV) 2023* 3 87 -83 7 172 -166
General provisions including district .. Overijssel (PV) 2023* 11 227 -217 9 192 -183
General provisions including district .. Flevoland (PV) 2023* 6 92 -86 13 207 -194
General provisions including district .. Gelderland (PV) 2023* 51 475 -424 24 222 -199
General provisions including district .. Utrecht (PV) 2023* 16 322 -306 11 232 -221
General provisions including district .. Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 52 713 -661 17 241 -224
General provisions including district .. Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 98 941 -843 26 247 -222
General provisions including district .. Zeeland (PV) 2023* 14 100 -86 35 255 -220
General provisions including district .. Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 63 625 -562 24 238 -214
General provisions including district .. Limburg (PV) 2023* 15 225 -209 14 199 -185
General provisions including district .. Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023* 2 24 -23 12 175 -164
General provisions including district .. Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023* 4 15 -10 98 323 -225
General provisions including district .. Overig Groningen (CR) 2023* 9 103 -94 21 249 -228
General provisions including district .. Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023* 10 76 -66 30 232 -202
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023* 0 24 -23 3 165 -162
General provisions including district .. Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023* 1 34 -33 4 178 -174
General provisions including district .. Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 2 32 -30 11 166 -155
General provisions including district .. Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 0 31 -30 2 179 -177
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 1 24 -23 7 173 -166
General provisions including district .. Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 5 75 -70 12 194 -181
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 1 35 -34 7 216 -210
General provisions including district .. Twente (CR) 2023* 5 118 -113 8 185 -177
General provisions including district .. Veluwe (CR) 2023* 9 145 -136 13 203 -190
General provisions including district .. Achterhoek (CR) 2023* 16 90 -74 39 221 -182
General provisions including district .. Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023* 17 188 -171 22 248 -226
General provisions including district .. Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023* 9 52 -43 35 202 -167
General provisions including district .. Utrecht (CR) 2023* 16 322 -306 11 232 -221
General provisions including district .. Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023* 4 67 -63 10 173 -163
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.