FR · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2016
In 2016, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 0.3% compared to 2015, reaching 57.4%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 47.5%.
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 0.7% (from 57.0% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.