General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2024, Belgium's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 44.4% compared to 2023, reaching 1.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.5%.

Belgium ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 62.5% (from 0.8% in 2019).

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