Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Eurostat |
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Series Title | Statistics in Focus: Economy and Finance |
Series Details | No.9, 2013 (4.4.13) |
Publication Date | 04/04/2013 |
ISSN | 1977-0316 |
EC | KS-SF-13-009-EN-N |
Content Type | Statistics |
This publication analyses trends in the structure of general government expenditure by socio-economic function (according to the Classification of the Functions of Government - COFOG) and puts a special focus on health and social protection expenditure. In 2011, EU-27 general government expenditure amounted to 49.1% of GDP. Based on the latest available expenditure data by economic function for 2011, more than half was devoted to the functions ‘social protection’ and ‘health’, which accounted for 19.6% and 7.3% respectively of GDP (slightly down compared with 19.9% and 7.5% respectively in 2010). The other functions also comprising a large share of government expenditure are ‘general public services’ (6.6% of GDP), ‘education’ (5.3% of GDP) and ‘economic affairs’ (4.0% of GDP). |
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Source Link | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3433488/5585816/KS-SF-13-009-EN.PDF |
Subject Categories | Employment and Social Affairs, Health |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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