BE · 2020 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Belgium, 2020

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
8.6%
Belgium, 2020
▲ 14.7% vs 2019 (7.5%)
Analysis

In 2020, Belgium's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 14.7% compared to 2019, reaching 8.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 8.0%.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.3% (from 7.8% in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
107.5%
EU-27: 8.0%
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024