General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 5.80.

Bulgaria accounts for 72.5% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

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 grown by 16.0% (from 5.00 in 2016).

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