Dutch Government Procurement Expenditure for Education, Culture and Science in 2022

2022 purchasing expenditure data for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, detailing spending on goods and services from suppliers. The data is compiled annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations to inform category managers and report to the House of Representatives on government procurement and SME participation. The dataset is published under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual procurement expenditure trends based on the yearly reporting cycle mentioned in the description
• Assess the share of small and medium-sized enterprises in government contracts based on the reporting purpose stated
• Benchmark spending across generic purchasing categories based on the information provided to category managers

Strengths

• Data is reported annually, providing a consistent time series since at least 2012
• Serves an official reporting purpose to the House of Representatives, suggesting formal oversight

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 ministries and departments.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Covers the year 2022; update frequency is annual.

Geography

Netherlands (national government)