General government expenditure by function

In 2018, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function increased by 2.0% compared to 2017, reaching 5.00.

Bulgaria accounts for 72.5% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

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 4.50 in 2013).

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