General government expenditure by function

In 2017, Spain's general government expenditure by function decreased by 1.7% compared to 2016, reaching 5.90.

Spain accounts for 85.5% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

Spain ranks 14th 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 4.8% (from 6.20 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.