FI · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Finland, 2017
In 2017, Finland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.9% compared to 2016, reaching 24.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.3%.
Finland ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.6% (from 23.7% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.