SE · 2021 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Sweden, 2021
In 2021, Sweden's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.1% compared to 2020, reaching 50.4%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 51.2%.
Sweden ranks 8th 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 0.2% (from 50.5% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.