Dutch Government Procurement Expenditure for 2022 from the Ministry of Economic Affairs

Purchasing expenditure data for the Dutch national government in 2022, compiled from all ministries and departments. The Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations collects this information annually to provide government-wide procurement insights and to report to the House of Representatives. The dataset is published under a CC0-1.0 license by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending patterns on goods and services based on the annual procurement expenditure data.
• Track the share of procurement contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on the reporting mandate.
• Benchmark category-level spending for generic purchasing categories based on the data's use by government category managers.

Strengths

• Data is collected annually from all ministries and departments, providing a government-wide view.
• The dataset is used for official reporting to the House of Representatives, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Annual aggregation of purchasing expenditure information from all Dutch ministries and departments.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Covers the 2022 fiscal year. Update frequency is likely annual, but the last update date is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands (national government).