General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.7% compared to 2006, reaching 5.2%.

France ranks 13th 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 8.8% (from 5.7% in 2002).

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