General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2024, Romania's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 33.3% compared to 2023, reaching 1.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.5%.

Romania 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 33.3% (from 1.2% in 2019).

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