Consumption expenditure by purpose; National Accounts
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This table contains detailed data on final consumption expenditure which are divided into categories conform the classification of infividual consumption by purpose (COICOP). Total final consumption expenditure consist of actual individual final consumption, the final consumption expenditure by households including non-profit institutions, individual and collective final consumption of general government.
Data available from: 1995.
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2021 are final. Data of 2022 are provisional.
Changes as of June 23rd 2023:
Data of 2022 have been added to this table.
When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 18 months after the end of the reporting year.
Description topics
- Value at current prices
- The values are expressed at prices of the reporting period. Alternatively, values may be expressed at constant prices. In this case, prices of a reference period are used.
- Total actual individual consumption
- Goods and services for individual consumption ('individual goods and services') are goods and services acquired by a household and used to satisfy the needs and wants of members of that household. Individual goods and services have the following characteristics:
- it is possible to observe and record the acquisition of the goods and services by an individual household or member thereof and also the time at which the acquisition took place;
- the household has agreed to the provision of the goods and services and takes the action necessary to consume the goods and services, for example by attending a school or clinic;
- the goods and services are such that their acquisition by one household or person, or by a group of persons, precludes its acquisition by other households or persons.- Food and non-alcoholic beverages
- Alcoholic beverages, tobacco, narcotic
- Clothing and footwear
- Furnishings, equipment and maintenance
- Furnishings, household equipment and household maintenance
- Recreation and culture
- Restaurants and hotels
- Consumption non-residents in Netherlands
- Final consumption by non-residents in the Netherlands
- Consumption households and NPISHs
- Consumption expenditure by households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs). Not all expenses made by households are seen as consumptive, households may invest as well. These investments mainly concern the purchase of houses and substantial costs on maintenance. Small costs on maintenance, indoor painting and the purchase of furniture are classified as consumption. This also applies to the purchase of cars and car maintenance.
- Total
- Alcoholic beverages, tobacco, narcotic
- Furnishings, equipment and maintenance
- Furnishings, household equipment and household maintenance
- Health
- Communication
- Recreation and culture
- Education
- Restaurants and hotels
- Social protection