General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Austria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.1% compared to 2006, reaching 4.7%.

Austria ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.6% (from 5.2% in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.