Euro area | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
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1968
1969
1970 15.73487724
1971 16.56342035
1972 16.81879458
1973 16.97591769
1974 17.5481018
1975 18.72216096
1976 18.65744753
1977 18.88342001
1978 19.22226918
1979 19.19344058
1980 19.53847416
1981 20.23296389
1982 20.26451034
1983 20.34076243
1984 20.13787447
1985 20.20823616
1986 20.01688668
1987 20.25559647
1988 19.94156212
1989 19.41356808
1990 19.49228057
1991 19.6107278
1992 19.9850246
1993 20.38027878
1994 20.11977553
1995 19.98693115
1996 20.06620454
1997 19.8083239
1998 19.49780783
1999 19.52575009
2000 19.38331312
2001 19.46832415
2002 19.82804053
2003 20.10804806
2004 19.97256777
2005 20.07772246
2006 19.90076309
2007 19.61196541
2008 20.12616659
2009 21.79437908
2010 21.54293017
2011 21.15808232
2012 21.18178888
2013 21.26189474
2014 21.1258272
2015 20.79386884
2016 20.72179807
2017 20.50851156
2018 20.42783567
2019 20.49514075
2020 22.38699928
2021 21.93644941
2022 21.48992557

Euro area | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Euro area
Records
63
Source