Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers
| Functions | Providers | Periods | Health and social care expenditure (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenditure on health and care | Total health care providers | 2023** | 141,977 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP1: Hospitals | 2023** | 41,044 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2023** | 31,923 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP12: Mental health institutions, | 2023** | 7,537 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP13: Specialised hospitals | 2023** | 1,584 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2023** | 35,879 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP21: Nursing care facilities | 2023** | 23,618 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled | 2023** | 12,261 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care | 2023** | 23,052 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP31: Medical practices | 2023** | 4,315 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP32: Dental practices | 2023** | 3,363 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP33 : Other health care practitioners | 2023** | 7,579 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP34: Ambulatory health care centres | 2023** | 6,181 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP35: Providers home healthcare services | 2023** | 1,614 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP4: Providers of ancillary services | 2023** | 882 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP41: Patient transportation, emergency | 2023** | 587 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. | 2023** | 295 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP5: Retailers of medical goods | 2023** | 8,775 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP51: Pharmacies | 2023** | 4,650 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other | 2023** | 4,125 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP6: Providers of preventive care | 2023** | 4,325 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2023** | 5,416 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP71: Government health administration | 2023** | 1,370 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP72: Social health insurance agencies | 2023** | 1,939 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP73: Providers of health insurance | 2023** | 492 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP79: Other administration agencies | 2023** | 1,615 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP8: Rest of economy | 2023** | 21,950 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP81: Households prov. home health care | 2023** | 1,923 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP82: Secondary providers of health care | 2023** | 20,027 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP9: Rest of the world | 2023** | 655 |
| Social work and child day care | Total health care providers | 2023** | 20,553 |
| Social work and child day care | HP1: Hospitals | 2023** | 92 |
| Social work and child day care | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP12: Mental health institutions, | 2023** | 87 |
| Social work and child day care | HP13: Specialised hospitals | 2023** | 5 |
| Social work and child day care | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2023** | 278 |
| Social work and child day care | HP21: Nursing care facilities | 2023** | 244 |
| Social work and child day care | HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled | 2023** | 33 |
| Social work and child day care | HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care | 2023** | 1,335 |
| Social work and child day care | HP31: Medical practices | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP32: Dental practices | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP33 : Other health care practitioners | 2023** | 975 |
| Social work and child day care | HP34: Ambulatory health care centres | 2023** | 275 |
| Social work and child day care | HP35: Providers home healthcare services | 2023** | 85 |
| Social work and child day care | HP4: Providers of ancillary services | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP41: Patient transportation, emergency | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP5: Retailers of medical goods | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP51: Pharmacies | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP6: Providers of preventive care | 2023** | 558 |
| Social work and child day care | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2023** | 1,603 |
| Social work and child day care | HP71: Government health administration | 2023** | 70 |
| Social work and child day care | HP72: Social health insurance agencies | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP73: Providers of health insurance | 2023** | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP79: Other administration agencies | 2023** | 1,533 |
| Social work and child day care | HP8: Rest of economy | 2023** | 16,687 |
| Social work and child day care | HP81: Households prov. home health care | 2023** | 49 |
| Social work and child day care | HP82: Secondary providers of health care | 2023** | 16,639 |
| Social work and child day care | HP9: Rest of the world | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | Total health care providers | 2023** | 3,370 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP1: Hospitals | 2023** | 2,952 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2023** | 2,779 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP12: Mental health institutions, | 2023** | 145 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP13: Specialised hospitals | 2023** | 29 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2023** | 35 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP21: Nursing care facilities | 2023** | 23 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled | 2023** | 12 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care | 2023** | 344 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP31: Medical practices | 2023** | 18 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP32: Dental practices | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP33 : Other health care practitioners | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP34: Ambulatory health care centres | 2023** | 325 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP35: Providers home healthcare services | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP4: Providers of ancillary services | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP41: Patient transportation, emergency | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP5: Retailers of medical goods | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP51: Pharmacies | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP6: Providers of preventive care | 2023** | 36 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP71: Government health administration | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP72: Social health insurance agencies | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP73: Providers of health insurance | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP79: Other administration agencies | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP8: Rest of economy | 2023** | 3 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP81: Households prov. home health care | 2023** | 0 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP82: Secondary providers of health care | 2023** | 3 |
| Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services | HP9: Rest of the world | 2023** | 0 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | Total health care providers | 2023** | 258 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP1: Hospitals | 2023** | 170 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2023** | 170 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP12: Mental health institutions, | 2023** | 0 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP13: Specialised hospitals | 2023** | 0 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2023** | 11 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP21: Nursing care facilities | 2023** | 11 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled | 2023** | 0 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care | 2023** | 16 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP31: Medical practices | 2023** | 9 |
| Source: CBS. | |||
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 2021-2023 are revised provisional.
Changes as of 27 May 2025:
The figures for 2021-2023 have been adjusted.
When will new figures be published?
At the end of 2025 provisional figures for 2024 and revised figures for 2021-2023 will be published.
Description topics
- 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.