General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2009, Romania's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 19.1% compared to 2008, reaching 13.1%.

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 32.3% (from 9.9% in 2004).

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