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Back EU-27 government expenditure on environmental protection at 0.82 % of GDP in 2012 - Issue number 9/2014


In the framework of the European System of National Accounts (ESA95), Eurostat collects data on general government expenditure by economic function according to the international Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) – see methodological note. This publication presents for the first time detailed COFOG data on public order and safety for the European countries. This became possible due to progress in the availability and quality of voluntarily transmitted COFOG level II data.

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Release date: 10 April 2014

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Product code: KS-SF-14-009
Theme: Economy and finance
Collection: Statistics in Focus