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 2.0% compared to 2017, reaching 5.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.9%.
Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 11.1% (from 4.5% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.