Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers

Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers

Functions Providers Periods Care expenditure (mln euro)
Total expenditure on health and care Total health and social care providers 2022** 127,306
Total expenditure on health and care Total health care providers 2022** 119,121
Total expenditure on health and care HP1: Hospitals 2022** 36,538
Total expenditure on health and care HP11: General and university hospitals 2022** 28,052
Total expenditure on health and care HP12: Mental health institutions, 2022** 7,058
Total expenditure on health and care HP13: Specialised hospitals 2022** 1,427
Total expenditure on health and care HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 2022** 33,577
Total expenditure on health and care HP21: Nursing care facilities 2022** 21,917
Total expenditure on health and care HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 2022** 11,660
Total expenditure on health and care HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 2022** 16,745
Total expenditure on health and care HP31: Medical practices 2022** 7,656
Total expenditure on health and care HP32: Dental practices 2022** 3,381
Total expenditure on health and care HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 2022** 2,193
Total expenditure on health and care HP33 : Other health care practitioners 2022** 3,514
Total expenditure on health and care HP4: Providers of ancillary services 2022** 1,816
Total expenditure on health and care HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 2022** 549
Total expenditure on health and care HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 2022** 1,267
Total expenditure on health and care HP5: Retailers of medical goods 2022** 10,310
Total expenditure on health and care HP51: Pharmacies 2022** 6,077
Total expenditure on health and care HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 2022** 4,233
Total expenditure on health and care HP6: Providers of preventive care 2022** 4,533
Total expenditure on health and care HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 2022** 5,033
Total expenditure on health and care HP71: Government health administration 2022** 1,221
Total expenditure on health and care HP72: Social health insurance agencies 2022** 1,772
Total expenditure on health and care HP73: Providers of health insurance 2022** 505
Total expenditure on health and care HP79: Other administration agencies 2022** 1,536
Total expenditure on health and care HP8: Rest of economy 2022** 9,884
Total expenditure on health and care HP81: Households prov. home health care 2022** 2,458
Total expenditure on health and care HP82: Secondary providers of health care 2022** 7,426
Total expenditure on health and care HP9: Rest of the world 2022** 685
Total expenditure on health and care Welfare, children's day care 2022** 8,185
Health expenditure for residents Total health and social care providers 2022** 96,820
Health expenditure for residents Total health care providers 2022** 96,820
Health expenditure for residents HP1: Hospitals 2022** 31,664
Health expenditure for residents HP11: General and university hospitals 2022** 25,173
Health expenditure for residents HP12: Mental health institutions, 2022** 5,098
Health expenditure for residents HP13: Specialised hospitals 2022** 1,393
Health expenditure for residents HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 2022** 27,318
Health expenditure for residents HP21: Nursing care facilities 2022** 19,867
Health expenditure for residents HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 2022** 7,451
Health expenditure for residents HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 2022** 16,465
Health expenditure for residents HP31: Medical practices 2022** 7,411
Health expenditure for residents HP32: Dental practices 2022** 3,377
Health expenditure for residents HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 2022** 2,165
Health expenditure for residents HP33 : Other health care practitioners 2022** 3,512
Health expenditure for residents HP4: Providers of ancillary services 2022** 1,815
Health expenditure for residents HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 2022** 549
Health expenditure for residents HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 2022** 1,267
Health expenditure for residents HP5: Retailers of medical goods 2022** 9,819
Health expenditure for residents HP51: Pharmacies 2022** 6,070
Health expenditure for residents HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 2022** 3,750
Health expenditure for residents HP6: Providers of preventive care 2022** 3,939
Health expenditure for residents HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 2022** 4,025
Health expenditure for residents HP71: Government health administration 2022** 1,221
Health expenditure for residents HP72: Social health insurance agencies 2022** 1,772
Health expenditure for residents HP73: Providers of health insurance 2022** 505
Health expenditure for residents HP79: Other administration agencies 2022** 527
Health expenditure for residents HP8: Rest of economy 2022** 1,136
Health expenditure for residents HP81: Households prov. home health care 2022** 0
Health expenditure for residents HP82: Secondary providers of health care 2022** 1,136
Health expenditure for residents HP9: Rest of the world 2022** 639
Health expenditure for residents Welfare, children's day care 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure Total health and social care providers 2022** 11,638
Total health related expenditure Total health care providers 2022** 11,638
Total health related expenditure HP1: Hospitals 2022** 1,574
Total health related expenditure HP11: General and university hospitals 2022** 104
Total health related expenditure HP12: Mental health institutions, 2022** 1,470
Total health related expenditure HP13: Specialised hospitals 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 2022** 5,899
Total health related expenditure HP21: Nursing care facilities 2022** 1,852
Total health related expenditure HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 2022** 4,047
Total health related expenditure HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 2022** 26
Total health related expenditure HP31: Medical practices 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP32: Dental practices 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 2022** 26
Total health related expenditure HP33 : Other health care practitioners 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP4: Providers of ancillary services 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP5: Retailers of medical goods 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP51: Pharmacies 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP6: Providers of preventive care 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP71: Government health administration 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP72: Social health insurance agencies 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP73: Providers of health insurance 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP79: Other administration agencies 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure HP8: Rest of economy 2022** 4,140
Total health related expenditure HP81: Households prov. home health care 2022** 2,387
Total health related expenditure HP82: Secondary providers of health care 2022** 1,753
Total health related expenditure HP9: Rest of the world 2022** 0
Total health related expenditure Welfare, children's day care 2022** 0
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table shows how health(care) expenditure according to the international definition and care expenditure in the broad sense 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.
Care spending in the broad sense 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:
Care expenditure in the broad sense
-/- 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: 1998

Status of figures:
Figures for 2022 and 2021 are revised provisional; other figures are final.

Changes as of 23 May 2024:
The figures on 2020-2022 have been updated.

When will there be new figures?
Currently, the figures on health expenditure are under revision. New sources and statistical techniques will be incorporated in the revised figures. Updated figures for 2021 and 2022, and provisional figures for 2023 will be published in the fourth quarter of 2024. Figures on 1998-2020 will be published in 2025.

Description topics

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