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 0.5% compared to 2018, reaching 19.2%.
The figure is in line with the EU-27 average of 19.2%.
Belgium ranks 9th 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 2.5% (from 19.7% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.