DK · 2020 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Denmark, 2020

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
53.3%
Denmark, 2020
▲ 7.0% vs 2019 (49.8%)
Analysis

In 2020, Denmark's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 7.0% compared to 2019, reaching 53.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 52.9%.

Denmark ranks 8th 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 2.0% (from 54.4% in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
100.8%
EU-27: 52.9%
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
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