General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Greece's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 4.1% compared to 2006, reaching 47.8%.

Greece ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.5% (from 47.1% in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.