Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Gross capital formation and acquisitions less disposals of non-produced assets by country
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. The presentation is on a country-by-country basis....
What the numbers show
Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Gross capital formation and acquisitions less disposals of non-produced assets is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 48.40 million National currency in Colombia; the lowest is 3,347 National currency in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 98,876 National currency, and the mean is 3.15 million National currency.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,462.
Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Gross capital: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 48.40 million National currency | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 25.48 million National currency | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 6.74 million National currency | 2024 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 4 | Hungary | 3.43 million National currency | 2024 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.01 million National currency | 2024 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 846,642 National currency | 2022 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 381,072 National currency | 2024 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 362,603 National currency | 2024 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 9 | Norway | 283,224 National currency | 2024 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Iceland | 186,101 National currency | 2024 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 132,089 National currency | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 131,382 National currency | 2024 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 105,307 National currency | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Romania | 105,180 National currency | 2024 | up 250.6% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 92,572 National currency | 2024 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 91,294 National currency | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 84,527 National currency | 2024 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 79,675 National currency | 2024 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 43,037 National currency | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 20 | Switzerland | 26,411 National currency | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 19,913 National currency | 2024 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 19,630 National currency | 2024 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 14,582 National currency | 2024 | up 236.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | 12,361 National currency | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 9,030 National currency | 2024 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 26 | Portugal | 8,025 National currency | 2024 | up 127.3% | falling |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 4,794 National currency | 2025 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 3,347 National currency | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 117.77 million National currency
- European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020) 667,438 National currency
- Euro area (20 countries) 533,468 National currency
- Slovak Republic 4,694 National currency
- Poland 180,658 National currency
- Croatia 4,461 National currency
- Netherlands 36,167 National currency
- Slovenia 3,509 National currency
- Lithuania 3,424 National currency
- Estonia 2,780 National currency
- Latvia 2,714 National currency
About this data
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. See ANA Changes for information on changes in methodology: ANA Changes Explore also the Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage: Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org