Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Gross fixed capital formation 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 fixed capital formation is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 48.74 million National currency in Colombia; the lowest is 3,311 National currency in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 97,701 National currency, and the mean is 3.07 million National currency.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,718.
Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Gross fixed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 48.74 million National currency | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 24.54 million National currency | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 3 | Hungary | 3.46 million National currency | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 4 | United States of America | 985,722 National currency | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Czechia | 376,546 National currency | 2024 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 352,916 National currency | 2024 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 282,385 National currency | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Iceland | 182,288 National currency | 2024 | up 195.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 132,292 National currency | 2024 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 10 | France | 126,997 National currency | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 103,192 National currency | 2024 | up 243.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Israel | 102,961 National currency | 2024 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 101,606 National currency | 2024 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 93,796 National currency | 2024 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 92,992 National currency | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 78,345 National currency | 2024 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 43,485 National currency | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 26,112 National currency | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 19,420 National currency | 2024 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 19,266 National currency | 2024 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 14,613 National currency | 2024 | up 242.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Finland | 12,246 National currency | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 8,612 National currency | 2024 | up 31.1% | flat |
| 24 | Portugal | 7,881 National currency | 2024 | up 128.5% | falling |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 4,512 National currency | 2025 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 3,311 National currency | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 113.41 million National currency
- Slovak Republic 4,625 National currency
- Poland 176,359 National currency
- Croatia 4,494 National currency
- Netherlands 36,895 National currency
- Slovenia 3,462 National currency
- Lithuania 3,326 National currency
- Latvia 2,561 National currency
- Estonia 2,478 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