General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2002, Romania's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.9% compared to 2001, reaching 34.9%.

Romania ranks 25th 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 0.9% (from 34.6% in 1997).

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