Social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) in Bulgaria i

Name: Social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) in Bulgaria: 36.8% in 2024
Creator: Eurostat
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Basic · Annual · %

Source: Eurostat (gov_10a_exp), retrieved 2026-10-16 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet

36.8%

Bulgaria · 2024

Year-on-year change+1.2 pp

Previous period35.6% 2023

Rank in Europe18 of 30

EU2740.0%

Spain41.0%

Trend

Country ranking → Bulgaria →

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About this indicator

What is the latest social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) figure in Bulgaria?: 36.8% in 2024, rank 18 of 30 European countries. The EU27 figure is 40.0%.
What does social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) measure?: Social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG), in %. Descriptive indicator: a higher or lower value is not better in itself; the ranking orders from highest to lowest.
Where does the social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) data come from?: Eurostat, dataset gov_10a_exp («General government expenditure by function (COFOG)»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
How often is social protection share of government expenditure (COFOG) updated?: Annual. The latest period published is 2024; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.

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