General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2002, Portugal's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 0.9% compared to 2001, reaching 43.7%.

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 grown by 2.8% (from 42.5% in 1997).

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