General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2002, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2001, reaching 4.1%.

Germany ranks 21st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.4% (from 4.2% in 1997).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.