PT · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Portugal, 2012
In 2012, Portugal's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 4.3% compared to 2011, reaching 6.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.0% (from 7.1% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.