General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Germany's general government expenditure by function increased by 2.4% compared to 2020, reaching 8.50.

Germany accounts for 106.3% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

Germany ranks 5th 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 19.7% (from 7.10 in 2016).

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