FR · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
France, 2017
In 2017, France's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.5% compared to 2016, reaching 57.7%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 47.0%.
France 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 fallen by 0.3% (from 57.9% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.