FR · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2019
In 2019, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 0.4% compared to 2018, reaching 23.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.2%.
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 2.4% (from 24.5% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.