BE · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.3% compared to 2018, reaching 7.5%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.0%.
Belgium ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.3% (from 8.0% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.