General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2007, reaching 3.9%.

Germany ranks 24th 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 4.9% (from 4.1% in 2003).

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