General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Finland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.1% compared to 2006, reaching 19.0%.

Finland ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.5% (from 19.9% in 2002).

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