General government expenditure by function

In 2017, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function decreased by 2.0% compared to 2016, reaching 4.90.

Bulgaria accounts for 71.0% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 11.4% (from 4.40 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.