Recreation, culture and religion share of government expenditure (COFOG) in the euro area (20, until 2025) i

Name: Recreation, culture and religion share of government expenditure (COFOG) in the euro area (20, until 2025): 2.3% in 2024
Creator: Eurostat
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Basic · Annual · %

Source: Eurostat (gov_10a_exp), retrieved 2026-10-17 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet

2.3%

Euro area (20, until 2025) · 2024

Year-on-year change0.0 pp

Previous period2.3% 2023

Rank in Europe—

EU272.4%

Spain2.6%

Trend

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About this indicator

What is the latest recreation, culture and religion share of government expenditure (COFOG) figure in the euro area (20, until 2025)?: 2.3% in 2024. The EU27 figure is 2.4%.
What does recreation, culture and religion share of government expenditure (COFOG) measure?: Recreation, culture and religion 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 recreation, culture and religion 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 recreation, culture and religion 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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