General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 11.9% compared to 2006, reaching 37.7%.

Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.6% (from 39.1% in 2002).

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