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 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 2022* 80,298 80,297 0 4,565 4,565 0
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 2022* 501 1,846 -1,345 28 105 -76
Overhead The Netherlands 2022* 605 7,644 -7,038 34 435 -400
Taxes The Netherlands 2022* 5,938 416 5,522 338 24 314
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 2022* 2,205 1,198 1,008 125 68 57
Deposit into/withdrawal from reserves The Netherlands 2022* 7,088 7,671 -583 403 436 -33
Balance of the accounts The Netherlands 2022* -26 3,136 -3,162 -1 178 -180
Total public safety The Netherlands 2022* 301 2,383 -2,081 17 135 -118
Public safety The Netherlands 2022* 301 2,383 -2,081 17 135 -118
Total traffic, transportation and wate.. The Netherlands 2022* 831 4,301 -3,470 47 245 -197
Traffic and parking The Netherlands 2022* 661 3,911 -3,250 38 222 -185
Ports and waterways The Netherlands 2022* 87 198 -111 5 11 -6
Public transport The Netherlands 2022* 84 193 -109 5 11 -6
Total economy The Netherlands 2022* 1,629 1,630 -1 93 93 0
Economic policy and support The Netherlands 2022* 756 832 -75 43 47 -4
Physical business infrastructure The Netherlands 2022* 872 798 74 50 45 4
Total education The Netherlands 2022* 1,054 3,044 -1,990 60 173 -113
Education excluding accommodation The Netherlands 2022* 885 1,698 -813 50 97 -46
Educational accommodation The Netherlands 2022* 169 1,346 -1,177 10 77 -67
Total sports, culture and recreation The Netherlands 2022* 911 5,602 -4,691 52 318 -267
Sports policy and activation policy The Netherlands 2022* 65 396 -331 4 22 -19
Sports accommodations The Netherlands 2022* 477 1,339 -862 27 76 -49
Cultural presentation, production and .. The Netherlands 2022* 172 1,175 -1,002 10 67 -57
Museums The Netherlands 2022* 41 350 -310 2 20 -18
Cultural heritage The Netherlands 2022* 21 130 -109 1 7 -6
Media The Netherlands 2022* 29 471 -443 2 27 -25
Public parks and (open-air) recreation The Netherlands 2022* 105 1,739 -1,634 6 99 -93
Total social welfare The Netherlands 2022* 9,319 30,070 -20,752 530 1,709 -1,180
General provisions including district .. The Netherlands 2022* 1,880 4,609 -2,729 107 262 -155
Income arrangements The Netherlands 2022* 6,387 9,769 -3,381 363 555 -192
Participation The Netherlands 2022* 337 3,379 -3,042 19 192 -173
Individual provision of employment The Netherlands 2022* 30 768 -738 2 44 -42
Individual services 18+ The Netherlands 2022* 194 3,657 -3,463 11 208 -197
Individual services 18- The Netherlands 2022* 169 4,879 -4,710 10 277 -268
Escalated care 18+ The Netherlands 2022* 278 2,109 -1,831 16 120 -104
Escalated care 18- The Netherlands 2022* 43 901 -858 2 51 -49
Total public health and environment The Netherlands 2022* 5,248 5,882 -634 298 334 -36
Public health The Netherlands 2022* 399 1,212 -813 23 69 -46
Sewerage The Netherlands 2022* 1,884 1,489 395 107 85 22
Waste The Netherlands 2022* 2,640 2,117 523 150 120 30
Environmental protection and cemeteries The Netherlands 2022* 325 1,064 -740 18 61 -42
Total public housing, urban planning a.. The Netherlands 2022* 4,476 5,470 -994 254 311 -57
Land exploitation (non-business areas) The Netherlands 2022* 2,921 2,957 -36 166 168 -2
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.