DE · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2018
In 2018, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.4% compared to 2017, reaching 44.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 46.7%.
Germany ranks 11th 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 1.1% (from 45.2% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.