EL · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Greece, 2016
In 2016, Greece's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 16.0% compared to 2015, reaching 2.1%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.2%.
Greece ranks 2nd 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 12.5% (from 2.4% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.