General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2009, Poland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.0% compared to 2008, reaching 44.9%.

Poland ranks 19th 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 3.7% (from 43.3% in 2004).

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