DE · 2011 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2011
In 2011, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.6% compared to 2010, reaching 18.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.3%.
Germany ranks 10th 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 5.6% (from 19.6% in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.