Total government expenditure in the euro area (20, until 2025) i
Registered · Annual · % of GDP
Source: Eurostat (gov_10a_main), retrieved 2026-10-17 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet
49.8%
Euro area (20, until 2025) · 2025
Euro area (20, until 2025) · 2025Year-on-year change+0.4 pp
Previous period49.4% 2024
Rank in Europe—
EU2749.5%
Spain45.3%
Trend
Country ranking → Euro area (20, until 2025) →
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About this indicator
- What is the latest total government expenditure figure in the euro area (20, until 2025)?
- 49.8% in 2025. The EU27 figure is 49.5%.
- What does total government expenditure measure?
- Total government expenditure, in % of GDP. Descriptive indicator: a higher or lower value is not better in itself; the ranking orders from highest to lowest.
- Where does the total government expenditure data come from?
- Eurostat, dataset gov_10a_main («Government revenue, expenditure and main aggregates»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
- How often is total government expenditure updated?
- Annual. The latest period published is 2025; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.
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