BG · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Bulgaria, 2018
In 2018, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 6.6% compared to 2017, reaching 37.1%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 46.7%.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.9% (from 37.8% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.