SE · 2021 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Sweden, 2021
In 2021, Sweden's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 4.9% compared to 2020, reaching 19.4%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.2%.
Sweden ranks 10th 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 8.5% (from 21.2% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.