General government expenditure by function

In 2010, Sweden's general government expenditure by function decreased by 4.2% compared to 2009, reaching 6.90.

Sweden accounts for 95.8% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

Sweden 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 grown by 4.5% (from 6.60 in 2005).

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