SE · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Sweden, 2019
In 2019, Sweden's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.2% compared to 2018, reaching 49.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 46.6%.
Sweden ranks 5th 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 3.9% (from 51.8% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.