BG · 2022 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Bulgaria, 2022
In 2022, Bulgaria's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 0.5% compared to 2021, reaching 41.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 49.2%.
Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.7% (from 34.8% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.