BG · 2023 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Bulgaria, 2023
In 2023, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.1% compared to 2022, reaching 4.1%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.7%.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 17.1% (from 3.5% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.