FR · 2021 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2021
In 2021, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 8.8% compared to 2020, reaching 24.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 20.2%.
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 grown by 1.6% (from 24.4% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.