Dutch Central Government Procurement Expenditure Data for 2023

The Netherlands' central government procurement expenditure data for 2023, aggregated from all ministries and their subordinate departments. The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations collects this information annually to provide cross-government procurement insights and report to parliament on public spending and SME participation. The dataset is published under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze total government spending on goods and services based on the annual expenditure aggregation.
• Track the share of procurement contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on the reporting purpose mentioned.
• Study spending patterns across different government ministries and departments based on the data's source structure.
• Benchmark generic procurement categories managed by central category managers based on the described use of the information.

Strengths

• Data is collected from all central government ministries and their departments, suggesting broad coverage.
• Has been used for annual parliamentary reporting on procurement and SME share since 2012, indicating a consistent time series.
• Available in both Excel (XLSX) and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified beyond the referenced 2023 data.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands).

Collection Method

Aggregated annual expenditure reports from all government ministries and subordinate departments.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Contains data for the year 2023; update frequency is annual.

Geography

Netherlands (central government)