Municipal accounts; municipal tasks by region and size class

Municipal accounts; municipal tasks by region and size class

Municipal tasks Regions Periods Municipal accounts in million of euros Expenditures (million euros) Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant Expenditures (euro/inhabitant)
Total municipal tasks The Netherlands 2024* 91,609 5,106
Total municipal tasks Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* 9,246 5,232
Total municipal tasks Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* 18,246 4,816
Total municipal tasks West-Nederland (LD) 2024* 46,394 5,389
Total municipal tasks Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* 17,724 4,691
Total municipal tasks Groningen (PV) 2024* 3,559 5,918
Total municipal tasks Fryslân (PV) 2024* 3,246 4,903
Total municipal tasks Drenthe (PV) 2024* 2,442 4,844
Total municipal tasks Overijssel (PV) 2024* 6,166 5,186
Total municipal tasks Flevoland (PV) 2024* 2,459 5,454
Total municipal tasks Gelderland (PV) 2024* 9,620 4,477
Total municipal tasks Utrecht (PV) 2024* 6,640 4,742
Total municipal tasks Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* 16,798 5,643
Total municipal tasks Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* 20,719 5,395
Total municipal tasks Zeeland (PV) 2024* 2,237 5,713
Total municipal tasks Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* 12,117 4,581
Total municipal tasks Limburg (PV) 2024* 5,607 4,948
Total municipal tasks Oost-Groningen (CR) 2024* 788 5,714
Total municipal tasks Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2024* 400 8,858
Total municipal tasks Overig Groningen (CR) 2024* 2,371 5,668
Total municipal tasks Noord-Friesland (CR) 2024* 1,713 5,211
Total municipal tasks Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2024* 658 4,621
Total municipal tasks Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2024* 875 4,584
Total municipal tasks Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 961 4,903
Total municipal tasks Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 878 5,132
Total municipal tasks Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 603 4,402
Total municipal tasks Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2024* 2,123 5,476
Total municipal tasks Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2024* 820 5,107
Total municipal tasks Twente (CR) 2024* 3,224 5,030
Total municipal tasks Veluwe (CR) 2024* 3,191 4,416
Total municipal tasks Achterhoek (CR) 2024* 1,726 4,244
Total municipal tasks Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2024* 3,745 4,901
Total municipal tasks Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2024* 958 3,747
Total municipal tasks Utrecht (CR) 2024* 6,640 4,742
Total municipal tasks Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2024* 1,671 4,324
Total municipal tasks Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2024* 1,102 4,294
Total municipal tasks IJmond (CR) 2024* 739 3,673
Total municipal tasks Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2024* 1,165 4,928
Total municipal tasks Zaanstreek (CR) 2024* 874 4,913
Total municipal tasks Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2024* 10,319 7,007
Total municipal tasks Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2024* 926 3,784
Total municipal tasks Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2024* 2,085 4,678
Total municipal tasks Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2024* 5,234 5,705
Total municipal tasks Delft en Westland (CR) 2024* 1,124 4,591
Total municipal tasks Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024* 1,651 4,738
Total municipal tasks Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2024* 8,728 5,808
Total municipal tasks Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024* 1,896 4,976
Total municipal tasks Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2024* 563 5,333
Total municipal tasks Overig Zeeland (CR) 2024* 1,674 5,853
Total municipal tasks West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* 2,957 4,541
Total municipal tasks Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* 2,269 4,471
Total municipal tasks Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* 3,157 4,664
Total municipal tasks Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* 3,734 4,614
Total municipal tasks Noord-Limburg (CR) 2024* 1,403 4,831
Total municipal tasks Midden-Limburg (CR) 2024* 1,097 4,522
Total municipal tasks Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2024* 3,107 5,176
Total municipal tasks Flevoland (CR) 2024* 2,459 5,454
Total municipal tasks Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants 2024* 102 7,996
Total municipal tasks 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants 2024* 245 4,217
Total municipal tasks 10,000 to 19,999 inhabitants 2024* 3,285 4,062
Total municipal tasks 20,000 to 49,999 inhabitants 2024* 24,216 4,113
Total municipal tasks 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants 2024* 19,903 4,587
Total municipal tasks 100,000 to 149,999 inhabitants 2024* 9,548 5,750
Total municipal tasks 150,000 to 249,999 inhabitants 2024* 14,719 5,588
Total municipal tasks 250,000 inhabitants or more 2024* 19,590 7,705
Total civil administration and civil s.. The Netherlands 2024* 24,184 1,348
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* 2,276 1,288
Total civil administration and civil s.. Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* 4,868 1,285
Total civil administration and civil s.. West-Nederland (LD) 2024* 12,358 1,436
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* 4,682 1,239
Total civil administration and civil s.. Groningen (PV) 2024* 827 1,375
Total civil administration and civil s.. Fryslân (PV) 2024* 819 1,238
Total civil administration and civil s.. Drenthe (PV) 2024* 630 1,250
Total civil administration and civil s.. Overijssel (PV) 2024* 1,770 1,489
Total civil administration and civil s.. Flevoland (PV) 2024* 615 1,364
Total civil administration and civil s.. Gelderland (PV) 2024* 2,482 1,155
Total civil administration and civil s.. Utrecht (PV) 2024* 1,760 1,257
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* 4,438 1,491
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* 5,380 1,401
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zeeland (PV) 2024* 779 1,990
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* 3,043 1,151
Total civil administration and civil s.. Limburg (PV) 2024* 1,639 1,446
Total civil administration and civil s.. Oost-Groningen (CR) 2024* 189 1,373
Total civil administration and civil s.. Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2024* 73 1,615
Total civil administration and civil s.. Overig Groningen (CR) 2024* 565 1,350
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Friesland (CR) 2024* 396 1,205
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2024* 199 1,398
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2024* 224 1,175
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 257 1,312
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 227 1,326
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2024* 146 1,065
Total civil administration and civil s.. Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2024* 635 1,638
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2024* 256 1,593
Total civil administration and civil s.. Twente (CR) 2024* 880 1,373
Total civil administration and civil s.. Veluwe (CR) 2024* 943 1,305
Total civil administration and civil s.. Achterhoek (CR) 2024* 418 1,027
Total civil administration and civil s.. Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2024* 870 1,138
Total civil administration and civil s.. Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2024* 252 987
Total civil administration and civil s.. Utrecht (CR) 2024* 1,760 1,257
Total civil administration and civil s.. Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2024* 494 1,278
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


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 10 December 2025:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added.
The figures for 2023 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.
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).
Municipal accounts in euro/inhabitant
Figures based on the municipal accounts shown in euro per inhabitant.
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).