General government expenditure by economic function. EU-27 expenditure on social protection stood at 19.9% of GDP in 2012 and health expenditure at 7.3%

Eurostat collects data on general government expenditure by economic function according to the international Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) in the framework of the European System of National Accounts (ESA95).

This publication analyses global trends in the structure of general government expenditure breakdown by their main socio-economic function, with a focus on social protection expenditure.