ES · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Spain, 2018
In 2018, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.5% compared to 2017, reaching 3.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.6%.
Spain ranks 24th 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 4.9% (from 4.1% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.