FI · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Finland, 2016
In 2016, Finland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.6% compared to 2015, reaching 25.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.6%.
Finland ranks 1st 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 14.7% (from 22.5% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.