BG · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.9% compared to 2016, reaching 3.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.6%.
Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 6.1% (from 3.3% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.