EU-27 government expenditure on economic affairs stable at 4.1% of GDP in 2012 compared with 2011. Expenditure on ‘transport’ has the highest share of expenditure in economic affairs

This publication analyses trends in the structure of general government expenditure in the 'economic affairs' function (according to the Classification of the Functions of Government - COFOG) and presents for the first time detailed COFOG data on economic affairs for the EU and EFTA countries. This became possible due to progress in the availability and quality of voluntarily transmitted COFOG level II data.