PT · 2011 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Portugal, 2011
In 2011, Portugal's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 8.0% compared to 2010, reaching 6.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 1.4% (from 7.0% in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.