ES · 2019 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Spain, 2019

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
42.0%
Spain, 2019
▲ 1.2% vs 2018 (41.5%)
Analysis

In 2019, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.2% compared to 2018, reaching 42.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 46.6%.

Spain ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.7% (from 45.0% in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
90.1%
EU-27: 46.6%
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