BE · 2014 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Belgium, 2014
In 2014, Belgium's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 0.9% compared to 2013, reaching 55.4%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 49.3%.
Belgium ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 54.5% in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.