General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Romania's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.3% compared to 2006, reaching 37.5%.

Romania ranks 21st 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 7.4% (from 34.9% in 2002).

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