DK · 2019 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Denmark, 2019

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
49.8%
Denmark, 2019
▼ 2.0% vs 2018 (50.8%)
Analysis

In 2019, Denmark's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.0% compared to 2018, reaching 49.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 46.6%.

Denmark ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.6% (from 55.1% in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
106.9%
EU-27: 46.6%
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
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