FR · 2023 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2023
In 2023, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.1% compared to 2022, reaching 23.3%.
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 2.9% (from 24.0% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.