General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Estonia's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 18.2% compared to 2007, reaching 5.2%.

Estonia ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.9% (from 4.3% in 2003).

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