General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.4% compared to 2007, reaching 41.3%.

Spain ranks 18th 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 7.8% (from 38.3% in 2003).

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