DE · 2014 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2014
In 2014, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.5% compared to 2013, reaching 44.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 49.3%.
Germany ranks 16th 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 7.9% (from 48.3% in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.