Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; financing

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Financing Health and social care expenditure (mln euro)
Total financ schemes health,social care 3,585
Total financing of residents 3,461
HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 3,115
HF11: Government schemes 1,145
HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 1,970
HF121a: Long-term care insurance 25
HF121b: Health Insurance Fund
HF122: Compulsory private insurance 1,945
Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 346
HF2: Voluntary schemes 346
HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 0
HF22: Financing schemes NPISH 172
HF23: Enterprise financing schemes 175
HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 0
HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 0
HF32: Cost sharing 0
Rest of the world; exports 123
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows how health(care) expenditure according to the international definition and health and social care expenditure used by Statistics Netherlands are related. Financing has been chosen as the starting point.
Healthcare is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector. Only resident health expenditure counts.
Health and social care expenditure covers all care activities, including welfare and childcare, regardless of whether these activities take place as a main or secondary activity. Care can be for residents or non-residents. Care provided in the Netherlands for non-residents (such as tourists) is included in the export of services.

In brief:
Health and social care expenditure
-/- health-related expenditure, such as domestic care within care for the elderly
-/- expenditure on other care and welfare, such as childcare
-/- expenditure on education, research and development, other services
-/- export, foreign-paid activities
= Total current expenditure on health

Data available from: 2021

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2024 are provisional. The figures for 2022 and 2023 are revised provisional. The figures for 2021 are final.

Changes as of 8 October 2025:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added. In addition, the figures for 2021–2023 have been partly adjusted, based on the most up-to-date data from various sources, including data from the National Health Care Institute and the CBS business and economic statistics on health care.

When will new figures be published?
In spring 2026, the figures for 2022–2024 will be revised. At the end of 2026, provisional figures for 2025 will be published.

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Health and social care expenditure
Final consumption expenditure in current prices on health and social care goods and services used by or for residents in one year; care includes health care, social care, youth care, child care.