General government expenditure by function

In 2023, Portugal's general government expenditure by function decreased by 5.6% compared to 2022, reaching 6.70.

Portugal accounts for 93.1% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

Portugal ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 6.50 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.