General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for general government expenditure by function (COFOG) was 7.4%.

That is a 2.8% rose versus 2023 (7.2%).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 5.7% higher.

Across member states, Austria reported the highest value (9.5%, 2024) and Hungary the lowest (4.7%, 2024) — a ratio of 2.0× 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.