DE · 2022 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Germany, 2022
In 2022, Germany's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.4% compared to 2021, reaching 19.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.3%.
Germany ranks 6th 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 4.2% (from 19.0% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.