DE · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2019
In 2019, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.9% compared to 2018, reaching 7.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.0%.
Germany ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.9% (from 7.0% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.