General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Latvia's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 6.7% compared to 2006, reaching 4.2%.

Latvia ranks 23rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.5% (from 3.7% in 2002).

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