Provincial accounts; revenues and expenditures by province

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Provincial tasks Provincial accounts in million of euros Revenues (million euros) Provincial accounts in million of euros Expenditure (million euros)
Total provincial tasks 11,210.4 11,210.4
Total general coverage 10,007.8 5,195.2
General payments Provincial Fund .. 3,913.4 0.9
Revenues provincial taxes 1,934.5 0.0
(Money) loans 382.6 41.6
Participations 463.7 9.7
Other income and expenditure 26.5 -13.0
Overhead 36.1 812.0
Corporate taxes 0.0 0.1
Deposit into/withdrawal from reserves 3,251.0 3,680.9
Balance of the accounts 0.0 663.2
Total administration 27.7 254.8
Provincial states 1.3 60.5
Provincial Executive 0.9 45.6
Cabinet Affairs 6.2 23.7
Administrative organisation 1.3 38.4
Inter-administrative supervision of .. 0.2 8.8
Public order and safety 2.6 12.3
Administration, other 15.3 65.6
Total traffic and transport 322.2 2,557.9
(Country) roads 65.0 900.4
Waterways 16.8 169.8
Public transport 214.3 1,361.5
Traffic and transport, other 26.1 126.3
Total water 66.1 152.6
Flood defenses 6.1 24.6
Quantity surface water 11.6 21.0
Quantity ground water 20.6 25.7
Quality surface water 2.3 19.4
Quality ground water 5.5 10.5
Water, other 20.1 51.4
Total Environment 162.8 574.0
Soil protection 82.0 112.7
Air pollution 0.3 4.7
Noise pollution 0.2 2.1
Licensing and enforcement 20.3 236.2
Soil preparation 0.8 2.7
Durability 51.3 167.5
Environment, other 7.8 48.0
Total nature 300.5 1,066.4
Nature development 130.7 403.5
Nature reserve management 126.1 474.8
Flora and fauna management 15.5 114.9
Nature, other 28.1 73.3
Total regional economy 186.3 626.8
Agricultural matters 54.5 121.2
Logistics 5.7 17.2
Knowledge and innovation 66.3 244.3
Recreation and tourism 7.4 75.8
Regional economy, other 52.5 168.4
Total culture and society 31.7 468.3
Culture 29.1 340.5
Society 1.6 107.3
Culture and society, other 0.9 20.5
Total space 105.4 314.2
Spatial planning 50.4 160.4
Housing 23.4 95.2
Urban renewal 0.8 13.0
Space, other 30.8 45.6
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains figures on the expenditures and revenues per task (policy area) by province in millions of euros and in euros per inhabitant. The figures presented are based on data that is in line with the definitions and classifications used by the provinces themselves in their administration. The presented figures are based on data that adhere to the definitions and classifications that provinces 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 second publication one year later, the figures will become definitive.

Changes as of 16 December 2025:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added.
The figures for 2023 are definite.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures from the provincial accounts are published no later than 12 months after the reporting period.
The figures can be adjusted on the basis of the availability of new or updated source material. In general, the adjustments are small. The adjustments are made the moment a new annual figure is 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. In the administration of provinces the classification of expenditures and revenues by task is sometimes revised, which could cause (small) shifts between tasks between the years 2017 and 2018.

More information on these changes can be found in paragraph 3 under 'relevant tables'.

Description topics

Provincial accounts in million of euros
Figures based on the provincial accounts shown in million of euros.
Revenues
The revenues of the provincial accounts in million of euros.

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

The largest part of the provincial revenues consists of the government contribution received from the Provincial Fund and the provincial taxes received.
Expenditure
The expenditure of the provincial accounts in million of euros.

The provincial expenditure 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).