General government expenditure by function

In 2016, Germany's general government expenditure by function increased by 1.4% compared to 2015, reaching 7.10.

Germany accounts for 101.4% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Germany ranks 8th 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 6.0% (from 6.70 in 2011).

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