General government expenditure by function

In 2013, Germany's general government expenditure by function increased by 3.0% compared to 2012, reaching 6.90.

Germany accounts for 97.2% of the EU-27 total of 7.10.

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 grown by 7.8% (from 6.40 in 2008).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.