ES · 2019 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Spain, 2019

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
17.3%
Spain, 2019
▲ 3.0% vs 2018 (16.8%)
Analysis

In 2019, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 3.0% compared to 2018, reaching 17.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.2%.

Spain ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 17.8% in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
90.1%
EU-27: 19.2%
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