Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG)

This table provides a breakdown of government expenditure according to the Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG), which shows how much governments spend in areas such as health, education, environmental protection, defence and servicing public debt. <br><br>The presentation is on a country-by-country basis. Users are recommended to select one country (or area) at a time in the ‘Reference area’ filter. Data is presented for each country in national currency as well as in euros for the European Union and the euro area. Data are also available, for most countries, for the sub-sectors of general government.<br><br>Specific categories of expenditure (such as health and education) can be selected using the ‘Expenditure’ filter, while details of the type of expenditure such as compensation of employees (payment of wages and salaries and employers’ social contributions) can be selected using the ‘Transaction’ filter. For government final consumption expenditure a breakdown is also provided, in the ‘Transaction’ filter, between individual and collective consumption expenditure.<br><br>Data is for General Government. For most countries, results are also available for the General Government sub-sectors: central, local and state (regional) government and social security. <br><br>These sub-sectors can be selected using the ‘Institutional sector’ filter. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE11 dataset. <br> See ANA Changes for information on changes in methodology: <a href="https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/NAMAIN10/ANA_Changes.xls">ANA Changes</a> <br> Explore also the Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage: <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/government-finances-and-public-sector-debt.html"> Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage</a><br>OECD statistics contact: <a href="mailto:STAT.Contact@oecd.org">STAT.Contact@oecd.org</a>

Cite as: OECD, Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) (OECD.SDD.NAD:DSD_NASEC10@DF_TABLE11).