FR · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2012
In 2012, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.6% compared to 2011, reaching 57.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 50.0%.
France 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 8.0% (from 53.6% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.