LV · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Latvia, 2017
In 2017, Latvia's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.3% compared to 2016, reaching 3.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.9%.
Latvia ranks 26th 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 10.0% (from 4.0% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.