FR · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2018
In 2018, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.2% compared to 2017, reaching 24.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.1%.
France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 24.4% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.