EL · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Greece, 2012
In 2012, Greece's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.2% compared to 2011, reaching 4.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.8%.
Greece ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.8% (from 3.6% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.