BG · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Bulgaria, 2019
In 2019, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.6% compared to 2018, reaching 36.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 46.6%.
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 15.5% (from 43.2% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.