gov_10a_exp · 2010–2024

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Eurostat gov_10a_exp — General government expenditure by function (COFOG). Data range: 1990 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for general government expenditure by function (COFOG) was 49.1%.

That is a 0.4% rose versus 2023 (48.9%).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 5.4% higher.

Across member states, Finland reported the highest value (57.7%, 2024) and Ireland the lowest (22.4%, 2024) — a ratio of 2.6× 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.

EU-27 · 2024

49.1%

HIGHEST · 2024

Finland

57.7%

LOWEST · 2024

Ireland

22.4%

Map · 2024

22.4 57.7

Ranking · 2024

2024 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

Finland 57.7
France 57.3
Austria 55.2
Belgium 54.1
Sweden 50.5
Italy 50.4
Germany 49.4
Poland 49.4
Luxembourg 49.1
Greece 48.2
Croatia 48
Slovakia 47.5
European Union (27) 49.1

Country × year heatmap · all values

20.7 64.9

Member states · ranked by latest value

By year

Source: Eurostat · gov_10a_exp