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Government at a Glance 2017
Country Fact Sheetwww.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm
Public finances continue to normalize in the Netherlands, reaching a small fiscal surplusin 2016
The government balance has improved from a -5.4% of GDP in 2009, at the trough of the international financial crisis, to a surplus of 0.4% of GDP in 2016. The primary balance, which measures the overall balance excluding net interest payments on government debt, went from -1.2% of GDP in 2015 to +1.2% of GDP in 2016 (according to the System of National Accounts definition). This result was due, in part, to a 1.7 p.p. decrease in the level of public expenditures that declined from 45.3% of GDP in 2015 to 43.6% of GDP in 2016.
Chapter 2. Public finance and economics
General government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDPGeneral government primary balance and net interest spending as a percentage of GDPGeneral government expenditures as a percentage of GDP
Women have a high participation in politics in the Netherlands
Female participation is an important feature of a healthy and inclusive political system. In parliament and legislature bodies, the average share of women seats for 2017 across OECD countries was 29%. Yet in Netherlands this share is higher: the share of women parliamentarians was 38% for the same year. Within the executive branch, while the share of women ministers in 2017 was 28% on average among all OECD countries, in Netherlands this share reached also 38.
Chapter 3. Public employment and pay
Share of women parliamentarians and legislated gender quotasShare of women ministers
The Netherlands continues to conduct regular government spending reviews
The country has a long-standing tradition of conducting public expenditure reviews. Between 2008 and 2016, the government of the Netherlands conducted public spending reviews on an annual basis: 1 com-prehensive review and 8 targeted spending reviews, where the scope is limited to a single program or line ministry accounting for up to 5% of all government spending.
Chapter 5. Budgeting practices and procedures
Frequency and scope of spending reviews
Netherlands
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Fiscal balance*(2015, 2016)
Government expenditures(2015, 2016)
Government gross debt*(2015, 2016)
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP
Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts
G@G /dataG@G /data
26134,500
88,70052,700
Middle Managers(D3 positions)
Senior Managers(D1 positions)
SeniorProfessionals
SecretarialPositions
2015USD PPP
150,000
300,000
450,000
231,500
66,200
Netherlands
121,100 141,000204,400
Annual compensation across central government positions (2015)
Government investment(2015, 2016)
How to read the figures:
Netherlands
Country value in blue (not represented if not available)
Average of OECD countries in red
Range of OECD country values in grey
Public Finance and Economics
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
24.9%30.3%
Netherlands
20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
2015
40.9%
43.6%2016
45.3%2015
Netherlands
2015
3.2%
3.1%2016
3.3%2015
0% 2% 4% 6% 8%
Netherlands
78.1%2015
75.8% 100%
0%
2016
112%100%
0%
2015
0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250%
Netherlands
Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to
data not available
% of GDP
Public Employment
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the compensation of employees in central / federal governments
... and in senior positions (2015)
Source: OECD* See Notes National Accounts
Source: OECD* SNA definition, see Notes National Accounts
Public Sector Compensation
53.0%44.2%Netherlands
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
32.4%28.0%Netherlands
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Women in the civil service ...
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments
Percentage of central government employees aged 55 years or older
(2015)
General government employmentas % of total employment (2015)
18.1%
12.8%Netherlands
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Source: OECD National Accounts
-10% 0%-5% +5% +10%
-2.8%
Netherlands2016
0.4% -2.1%
2015
2015
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Budgeting
Women in Government
Extent of delegationof HRM practicesin line ministries
0.53
0.64
Extent of the useof performance
assessmentsin HR decisions
0.79
0.64
Extent of the useof performance
related pay
0.560.66
Use of separateHRM practices
for seniorcivil servants
0.78
0.55
Collectionof administrative
data
0.59
0.68
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest
0
0.25
0.50
0.75
1
Netherlands
G@G /data
Source: OECD (2016) Strategic Human Resources Management Survey
Composite indicators on HRM practices in central government (2016)
Human Resource Management
Composite indices on regulatory governance for primary laws*(2014)
G@G /data
Regulatory governance
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
29.1%
50%
44.5%
Netherlands
Source: OECD National Accounts
General governmentprocurement expenditures
(2015)% of government expenditures
Public Procurement
Support for greenpublic procurement
Some procuring entities have developed an internal strategy/policy
A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level
Support forSMEs
Support for innovativegoods and services
A strategy/policy has been rescinded
There has never been a strategy/policy in place
11 25 1 0 8 24 0 1 9 19 0 6
Netherlands
Strategic public procurement - Objectives(2016)
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on Public Procurement
* See Notes Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG)
0.41
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.50Netherlands
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest
Performance budgetingpractices at the central level
of government (2016)
Source: OECD (2016) Survey of Performance Budgeting
Stakeholderengagement in
developing regulations
1.41
2.09
Regulatory ImpactAssessment for
developing regulations
1.50
2.05
Ex post evaluationof regulations
1.45 1.54
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 4 highest
0
1
2
3
4
Netherlands
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Notes Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures. Regulatory governance indicators: The results for stakeholder engagement and Regulatory Impact Assessment apply exclusively to processes for developing primary laws initiated by the executive. Data is not applicable to the United States, where all primary laws are initiated by Congress. In the majority of countries, most primary laws are initiated by the executive, except for Mexico and Korea, where a higher share of primary laws are initiated by parliament/congress (respectively 90.6% and 84%). Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which dif fers from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt.
Open Data Digital Government
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
35.6%55.0%
Netherlands
Individuals using the Internet for sending filled forms via public authorities websites
in the past 12 months (2016)
Source: OECD, ICT database; and Eurostat, Information Society database
OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data
(2017)Composite index: from 0 lowest to 1 highest
Source: OECD (2017) Survey on Open Government Data
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.66
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.55
Netherlands
Dataavailability
Dataaccessibility
Governmentsupportto re-use
Differences in income inequality pre and post-taxand government transfers (2013)
Netherlands
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6Higher
inequality
Lowerinequality
Before After
0.44
0.28taxes and transfers
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Before After
0.47
0.32taxes and transfers
Higherinequality
Lowerinequality
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Limited government powers (2016)
0.75
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
0.89Netherlands
Source: The World Justice Project
Core Government ResultsSatisfaction and confidence across public services
(2016)
70%
Judicial system Education system
86%20
40
60
80
100
Health care
67%78%55%66%
National government42%57%
Netherlands
Average
Range
Police77%76%
Source: Gallup World Poll
% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction
Government at a Glance 2017Government at a Glance provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international
comparison of public sector productivity and performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are presented,
alongside key output and outcome data for education, health and justice. Information on key enablers to increase productivity including on digital
government, budget procedures, strategic human resource management, open government data and innovative practices are also included. In
a context of tight budget constraints in many member countries, good indicators are needed more than ever, in order to help governments make
informed decisions regarding resource allocation and to help restore confidence in government institutions.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/gov_glance-2017-en
The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance 2017 are available via the StatLinks provided throughout the publication:
For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes)and to consult all other Country Fact Sheets: www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm