CY · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Cyprus, 2016
In 2016, Cyprus's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 8.1% compared to 2015, reaching 39.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 47.5%.
Cyprus ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.8% (from 44.9% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.