Municipal accounts; municipal tasks by region and size class
| Municipal tasks | Regions | Periods | Municipal accounts in million of euros Revenues (million euros) | Municipal accounts in million of euros Expenditures (million euros) | Municipal accounts in million of euros Balance (million euros) | Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant Revenues (euro/inhabitant) | Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant Expenditures (euro/inhabitant) | Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant Balance (euro/inhabitant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total municipal tasks | The Netherlands | 2020 | 76,827 | 76,827 | 0 | 4,413 | 4,413 | 0 |
| Total municipal tasks | The Netherlands | 2021 | 74,971 | 74,971 | 0 | 4,290 | 4,290 | 0 |
| Total municipal tasks | The Netherlands | 2022* | 80,298 | 80,297 | 0 | 4,565 | 4,565 | 0 |
| Total civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 53,028 | 22,070 | 30,959 | 3,046 | 1,268 | 1,778 |
| Total civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 51,238 | 19,770 | 31,468 | 2,932 | 1,131 | 1,801 |
| Total civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 56,530 | 21,916 | 34,614 | 3,214 | 1,246 | 1,968 |
| Administration and civil affairs | The Netherlands | 2020 | 285 | 1,665 | -1,379 | 16 | 96 | -79 |
| Administration and civil affairs | The Netherlands | 2021 | 406 | 1,725 | -1,319 | 23 | 99 | -75 |
| Administration and civil affairs | The Netherlands | 2022* | 501 | 1,846 | -1,345 | 28 | 105 | -76 |
| Overhead | The Netherlands | 2020 | 554 | 6,937 | -6,383 | 32 | 398 | -367 |
| Overhead | The Netherlands | 2021 | 527 | 7,227 | -6,699 | 30 | 414 | -383 |
| Overhead | The Netherlands | 2022* | 605 | 7,644 | -7,038 | 34 | 435 | -400 |
| Taxes | The Netherlands | 2020 | 5,508 | 391 | 5,117 | 316 | 22 | 294 |
| Taxes | The Netherlands | 2021 | 5,824 | 392 | 5,432 | 333 | 22 | 311 |
| Taxes | The Netherlands | 2022* | 5,938 | 416 | 5,522 | 338 | 24 | 314 |
| General payments and other payments Ge.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 33,501 | 10 | 33,492 | 1,925 | 1 | 1,924 |
| General payments and other payments Ge.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 35,272 | 7 | 35,265 | 2,018 | 0 | 2,018 |
| General payments and other payments Ge.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 40,219 | 6 | 40,213 | 2,286 | 0 | 2,286 |
| Other civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 5,881 | 1,184 | 4,696 | 338 | 68 | 270 |
| Other civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 1,708 | 1,159 | 549 | 98 | 66 | 31 |
| Other civil administration and civil s.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 2,205 | 1,198 | 1,008 | 125 | 68 | 57 |
| Deposit into/withdrawal from reserves | The Netherlands | 2020 | 7,380 | 10,373 | -2,994 | 424 | 596 | -172 |
| Deposit into/withdrawal from reserves | The Netherlands | 2021 | 7,448 | 7,164 | 284 | 426 | 410 | 16 |
| Deposit into/withdrawal from reserves | The Netherlands | 2022* | 7,088 | 7,671 | -583 | 403 | 436 | -33 |
| Balance of the accounts | The Netherlands | 2020 | -81 | 1,510 | -1,591 | -5 | 87 | -91 |
| Balance of the accounts | The Netherlands | 2021 | 52 | 2,096 | -2,045 | 3 | 120 | -117 |
| Balance of the accounts | The Netherlands | 2022* | -26 | 3,136 | -3,162 | -1 | 178 | -180 |
| Total public safety | The Netherlands | 2020 | 143 | 2,068 | -1,924 | 8 | 119 | -111 |
| Total public safety | The Netherlands | 2021 | 204 | 2,219 | -2,015 | 12 | 127 | -115 |
| Total public safety | The Netherlands | 2022* | 301 | 2,383 | -2,081 | 17 | 135 | -118 |
| Public safety | The Netherlands | 2020 | 143 | 2,068 | -1,924 | 8 | 119 | -111 |
| Public safety | The Netherlands | 2021 | 204 | 2,219 | -2,015 | 12 | 127 | -115 |
| Public safety | The Netherlands | 2022* | 301 | 2,383 | -2,081 | 17 | 135 | -118 |
| Total traffic, transportation and wate.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 793 | 3,927 | -3,134 | 46 | 226 | -180 |
| Total traffic, transportation and wate.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 845 | 4,082 | -3,237 | 48 | 234 | -185 |
| Total traffic, transportation and wate.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 831 | 4,301 | -3,470 | 47 | 245 | -197 |
| Traffic and parking | The Netherlands | 2020 | 557 | 3,487 | -2,929 | 32 | 200 | -168 |
| Traffic and parking | The Netherlands | 2021 | 573 | 3,615 | -3,042 | 33 | 207 | -174 |
| Traffic and parking | The Netherlands | 2022* | 661 | 3,911 | -3,250 | 38 | 222 | -185 |
| Ports and waterways | The Netherlands | 2020 | 47 | 139 | -92 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
| Ports and waterways | The Netherlands | 2021 | 66 | 158 | -92 | 4 | 9 | -5 |
| Ports and waterways | The Netherlands | 2022* | 87 | 198 | -111 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| Public transport | The Netherlands | 2020 | 189 | 302 | -113 | 11 | 17 | -6 |
| Public transport | The Netherlands | 2021 | 206 | 310 | -104 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
| Public transport | The Netherlands | 2022* | 84 | 193 | -109 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| Total economy | The Netherlands | 2020 | 1,392 | 1,444 | -52 | 80 | 83 | -3 |
| Total economy | The Netherlands | 2021 | 1,896 | 1,800 | 97 | 108 | 103 | 6 |
| Total economy | The Netherlands | 2022* | 1,629 | 1,630 | -1 | 93 | 93 | 0 |
| Economic policy and support | The Netherlands | 2020 | 542 | 819 | -276 | 31 | 47 | -16 |
| Economic policy and support | The Netherlands | 2021 | 555 | 804 | -249 | 32 | 46 | -14 |
| Economic policy and support | The Netherlands | 2022* | 756 | 832 | -75 | 43 | 47 | -4 |
| Physical business infrastructure | The Netherlands | 2020 | 850 | 625 | 225 | 49 | 36 | 13 |
| Physical business infrastructure | The Netherlands | 2021 | 1,341 | 996 | 345 | 77 | 57 | 20 |
| Physical business infrastructure | The Netherlands | 2022* | 872 | 798 | 74 | 50 | 45 | 4 |
| Total education | The Netherlands | 2020 | 848 | 2,836 | -1,988 | 49 | 163 | -114 |
| Total education | The Netherlands | 2021 | 964 | 2,897 | -1,933 | 55 | 166 | -111 |
| Total education | The Netherlands | 2022* | 1,054 | 3,044 | -1,990 | 60 | 173 | -113 |
| Education excluding accommodation | The Netherlands | 2020 | 713 | 1,477 | -764 | 41 | 85 | -44 |
| Education excluding accommodation | The Netherlands | 2021 | 778 | 1,564 | -785 | 45 | 89 | -45 |
| Education excluding accommodation | The Netherlands | 2022* | 885 | 1,698 | -813 | 50 | 97 | -46 |
| Educational accommodation | The Netherlands | 2020 | 135 | 1,358 | -1,223 | 8 | 78 | -70 |
| Educational accommodation | The Netherlands | 2021 | 185 | 1,333 | -1,148 | 11 | 76 | -66 |
| Educational accommodation | The Netherlands | 2022* | 169 | 1,346 | -1,177 | 10 | 77 | -67 |
| Total sports, culture and recreation | The Netherlands | 2020 | 754 | 5,138 | -4,384 | 43 | 295 | -252 |
| Total sports, culture and recreation | The Netherlands | 2021 | 903 | 5,372 | -4,469 | 52 | 307 | -256 |
| Total sports, culture and recreation | The Netherlands | 2022* | 911 | 5,602 | -4,691 | 52 | 318 | -267 |
| Sports policy and activation policy | The Netherlands | 2020 | 41 | 352 | -311 | 2 | 20 | -18 |
| Sports policy and activation policy | The Netherlands | 2021 | 77 | 382 | -305 | 4 | 22 | -17 |
| Sports policy and activation policy | The Netherlands | 2022* | 65 | 396 | -331 | 4 | 22 | -19 |
| Sports accommodations | The Netherlands | 2020 | 382 | 1,248 | -866 | 22 | 72 | -50 |
| Sports accommodations | The Netherlands | 2021 | 511 | 1,305 | -794 | 29 | 75 | -45 |
| Sports accommodations | The Netherlands | 2022* | 477 | 1,339 | -862 | 27 | 76 | -49 |
| Cultural presentation, production and .. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 156 | 1,106 | -951 | 9 | 64 | -55 |
| Cultural presentation, production and .. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 136 | 1,146 | -1,010 | 8 | 66 | -58 |
| Cultural presentation, production and .. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 172 | 1,175 | -1,002 | 10 | 67 | -57 |
| Museums | The Netherlands | 2020 | 36 | 338 | -302 | 2 | 19 | -17 |
| Museums | The Netherlands | 2021 | 33 | 350 | -317 | 2 | 20 | -18 |
| Museums | The Netherlands | 2022* | 41 | 350 | -310 | 2 | 20 | -18 |
| Cultural heritage | The Netherlands | 2020 | 18 | 109 | -91 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Cultural heritage | The Netherlands | 2021 | 18 | 107 | -89 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Cultural heritage | The Netherlands | 2022* | 21 | 130 | -109 | 1 | 7 | -6 |
| Media | The Netherlands | 2020 | 26 | 443 | -417 | 1 | 25 | -24 |
| Media | The Netherlands | 2021 | 25 | 449 | -424 | 1 | 26 | -24 |
| Media | The Netherlands | 2022* | 29 | 471 | -443 | 2 | 27 | -25 |
| Public parks and (open-air) recreation | The Netherlands | 2020 | 96 | 1,542 | -1,446 | 6 | 89 | -83 |
| Public parks and (open-air) recreation | The Netherlands | 2021 | 104 | 1,634 | -1,530 | 6 | 94 | -88 |
| Public parks and (open-air) recreation | The Netherlands | 2022* | 105 | 1,739 | -1,634 | 6 | 99 | -93 |
| Total social welfare | The Netherlands | 2020 | 10,398 | 29,132 | -18,734 | 597 | 1,674 | -1,076 |
| Total social welfare | The Netherlands | 2021 | 8,964 | 27,902 | -18,938 | 513 | 1,597 | -1,084 |
| Total social welfare | The Netherlands | 2022* | 9,319 | 30,070 | -20,752 | 530 | 1,709 | -1,180 |
| General provisions including district .. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 200 | 3,088 | -2,888 | 11 | 177 | -166 |
| General provisions including district .. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 219 | 3,250 | -3,031 | 13 | 186 | -173 |
| General provisions including district .. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 1,880 | 4,609 | -2,729 | 107 | 262 | -155 |
| Income arrangements | The Netherlands | 2020 | 9,304 | 10,664 | -1,359 | 534 | 613 | -78 |
| Income arrangements | The Netherlands | 2021 | 7,778 | 9,325 | -1,547 | 445 | 534 | -88 |
| Income arrangements | The Netherlands | 2022* | 6,387 | 9,769 | -3,381 | 363 | 555 | -192 |
| Participation | The Netherlands | 2020 | 251 | 3,309 | -3,059 | 14 | 190 | -176 |
| Participation | The Netherlands | 2021 | 261 | 3,267 | -3,007 | 15 | 187 | -172 |
| Participation | The Netherlands | 2022* | 337 | 3,379 | -3,042 | 19 | 192 | -173 |
| Individual provision of employment | The Netherlands | 2020 | 28 | 730 | -702 | 2 | 42 | -40 |
| Individual provision of employment | The Netherlands | 2021 | 24 | 724 | -700 | 1 | 41 | -40 |
| Individual provision of employment | The Netherlands | 2022* | 30 | 768 | -738 | 2 | 44 | -42 |
| Individual services 18+ | The Netherlands | 2020 | 173 | 3,511 | -3,338 | 10 | 202 | -192 |
| Individual services 18+ | The Netherlands | 2021 | 206 | 3,623 | -3,417 | 12 | 207 | -196 |
| Individual services 18+ | The Netherlands | 2022* | 194 | 3,657 | -3,463 | 11 | 208 | -197 |
| Individual services 18- | The Netherlands | 2020 | 206 | 4,472 | -4,266 | 12 | 257 | -245 |
| Individual services 18- | The Netherlands | 2021 | 246 | 4,789 | -4,543 | 14 | 274 | -260 |
| Individual services 18- | The Netherlands | 2022* | 169 | 4,879 | -4,710 | 10 | 277 | -268 |
| Escalated care 18+ | The Netherlands | 2020 | 213 | 2,573 | -2,360 | 12 | 148 | -136 |
| Escalated care 18+ | The Netherlands | 2021 | 199 | 2,083 | -1,884 | 11 | 119 | -108 |
| Escalated care 18+ | The Netherlands | 2022* | 278 | 2,109 | -1,831 | 16 | 120 | -104 |
| Escalated care 18- | The Netherlands | 2020 | 23 | 784 | -762 | 1 | 45 | -44 |
| Escalated care 18- | The Netherlands | 2021 | 31 | 841 | -810 | 2 | 48 | -46 |
| Escalated care 18- | The Netherlands | 2022* | 43 | 901 | -858 | 2 | 51 | -49 |
| Total public health and environment | The Netherlands | 2020 | 4,681 | 5,379 | -698 | 269 | 309 | -40 |
| Total public health and environment | The Netherlands | 2021 | 5,232 | 5,826 | -593 | 299 | 333 | -34 |
| Total public health and environment | The Netherlands | 2022* | 5,248 | 5,882 | -634 | 298 | 334 | -36 |
| Public health | The Netherlands | 2020 | 274 | 1,015 | -741 | 16 | 58 | -43 |
| Public health | The Netherlands | 2021 | 532 | 1,303 | -771 | 30 | 75 | -44 |
| Public health | The Netherlands | 2022* | 399 | 1,212 | -813 | 23 | 69 | -46 |
| Sewerage | The Netherlands | 2020 | 1,798 | 1,427 | 371 | 103 | 82 | 21 |
| Sewerage | The Netherlands | 2021 | 1,823 | 1,451 | 371 | 104 | 83 | 21 |
| Sewerage | The Netherlands | 2022* | 1,884 | 1,489 | 395 | 107 | 85 | 22 |
| Waste | The Netherlands | 2020 | 2,349 | 1,998 | 352 | 135 | 115 | 20 |
| Waste | The Netherlands | 2021 | 2,566 | 2,072 | 494 | 147 | 119 | 28 |
| Waste | The Netherlands | 2022* | 2,640 | 2,117 | 523 | 150 | 120 | 30 |
| Environmental protection and cemeteries | The Netherlands | 2020 | 259 | 939 | -679 | 15 | 54 | -39 |
| Environmental protection and cemeteries | The Netherlands | 2021 | 312 | 999 | -688 | 18 | 57 | -39 |
| Environmental protection and cemeteries | The Netherlands | 2022* | 325 | 1,064 | -740 | 18 | 61 | -42 |
| Total public housing, urban planning a.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 4,789 | 4,834 | -45 | 275 | 278 | -3 |
| Total public housing, urban planning a.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 4,725 | 5,103 | -378 | 270 | 292 | -22 |
| Total public housing, urban planning a.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 4,476 | 5,470 | -994 | 254 | 311 | -57 |
| Land exploitation (non-business areas) | The Netherlands | 2020 | 3,477 | 2,789 | 688 | 200 | 160 | 39 |
| Land exploitation (non-business areas) | The Netherlands | 2021 | 3,355 | 2,880 | 475 | 192 | 165 | 27 |
| Land exploitation (non-business areas) | The Netherlands | 2022* | 2,921 | 2,957 | -36 | 166 | 168 | -2 |
| Urban planning, public housing and con.. | The Netherlands | 2020 | 1,313 | 2,045 | -733 | 75 | 117 | -42 |
| Urban planning, public housing and con.. | The Netherlands | 2021 | 1,370 | 2,223 | -854 | 78 | 127 | -49 |
| Urban planning, public housing and con.. | The Netherlands | 2022* | 1,554 | 2,513 | -958 | 88 | 143 | -54 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||
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This table contains figures on the expenditures and per task (policy area) according to region and size (in number of inhabitants) 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).
In 2017 the policy areas have been revised and these are now called tasks (before that they were called functions), and a direct comparison of the policy areas with earlier years is therefore no longer possible. In the administration of municipalities for the years 2017 and 2018 the classification of expenditures and revenues by task is sometimes revised, which could cause (small) shifts between tasks between the years 2017 and 2018.
Data available from: 2017
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are provisional at the time of first publication.
The figures become definitive when figures for the following year are added to the series.
Changes as of 18 December 2023:
The provisional figures for 2022 have been added.
The figures for 2021 have been adjusted from provisional to definite.
When will new figures be published?
The new figures are published 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.
Description topics
- Municipal accounts in million of euros
- Figures based on the municipal accounts shown in million of euros.
- Revenues
- The revenues of the municipal accounts 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 accounts 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 accounts in million of euros.
- Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant
- Figures based on the municipal accounts shown in euro per inhabitant.
- Revenues
- The revenues of the municipal accounts 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 accounts 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 accounts in euro per inhabitant.