DE · 2010 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2010
In 2010, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.4% compared to 2009, reaching 19.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.7%.
Germany ranks 7th 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 3.9% (from 20.4% in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.