General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2009, Austria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 4.1% compared to 2008, reaching 5.1%.

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 grown by 4.1% (from 4.9% in 2004).

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