General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Portugal's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2007, reaching 1.2%.

Portugal ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.7% (from 1.3% in 2003).

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