ES · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Spain, 2012
In 2012, Spain's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 4.6% compared to 2011, reaching 6.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
Spain ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.8% (from 5.7% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.