General government expenditure by function

In 2016, Belgium's general government expenditure by function decreased by 2.6% compared to 2015, reaching 7.60.

Belgium accounts for 108.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.3% (from 7.70 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.