General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2009, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 11.5% compared to 2008, reaching 6.8%.

Spain ranks 15th 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 23.6% (from 5.5% in 2004).

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