Government spending in European Union
Government spending in the European Union was equal to 49.4% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
49.4%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
Government spending in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.4% |
| 2024 | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 49.1% |
| 2021 | 51.1% |
| 2020 | 52.8% |
| 2019 | 46.6% |
| 2018 | 46.6% |
| 2017 | 46.9% |
| 2016 | 47.5% |
| 2015 | 48.3% |
| 2014 | 49.3% |
| 2013 | 50.0% |
| 2012 | 50.0% |
| 2011 | 49.3% |
| 2010 | 50.7% |
| 2009 | 50.9% |
| 2008 | 47.0% |
| 2007 | 45.8% |
| 2006 | 46.6% |
| 2005 | 47.2% |
| 2004 | 47.4% |
| 2003 | 48.1% |
| 2002 | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 47.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 48.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 48.3%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.