BE · 2022 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Belgium, 2022
In 2022, Belgium's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.4% compared to 2021, reaching 20.1%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.3%.
Belgium ranks 5th 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 3.6% (from 19.4% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.