General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for general government expenditure by function (COFOG) was 4.8%.

That is a 2.1% rose versus 2023 (4.7%).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.1% higher.

Across member states, Sweden reported the highest value (7.2%, 2024) and Ireland the lowest (2.7%, 2024) — a ratio of 2.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp; every value links back to the canonical source.