LV · 2017 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Latvia, 2017

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
6.0%
Latvia, 2017
▲ 5.3% vs 2016 (5.7%)
Analysis

In 2017, Latvia's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.3% compared to 2016, reaching 6.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.6%.

Latvia ranks 4th 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 1.7% (from 5.9% in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
130.4%
EU-27: 4.6%
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