DE · 2013 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2013
In 2013, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.2% compared to 2012, reaching 45.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 50.0%.
Germany ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 44.4% in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.