Dutch Government Purchasing Expenditure Data for 2021

Netherlands government purchasing expenditure data for 2021, aggregated from all ministries and subdivisions. The data is compiled annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations to inform the House of Representatives and support category managers for state-wide procurement. The dataset is provided in an Excel XLSX format under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual government procurement trends based on the reported expenditure data.
• Calculate the share of spending with small and medium-sized enterprises based on the stated purpose of the data.
• Benchmark spending across different ministries and subdivisions based on the aggregated nature of the data.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated from all Dutch ministries and subdivisions, providing a government-wide view.
• The dataset is used for official annual reporting to the House of Representatives.
• Available under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Annual aggregation of procurement expenditure reports from all ministries and government subdivisions.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Covers the 2021 fiscal year; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands