General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Austria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 4.3% compared to 2007, reaching 4.9%.

Austria ranks 16th 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 7.5% (from 5.3% in 2003).

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