Government Finance Statistics (GFS), Expenditure by Function of Government (COFOG) [GFSCOFOG]

Description

This dataset provides a comprehensive view of the functions, or socioeconomic objectives, that government aims to achieve through various kinds of expenditure, comprising detailed classifications of general public service, defense, public order and safety, economic affairs, environment protection, housing and community services, health, recreation, culture and religion, education, and social protection services.

Updated by provider on
October 5, 2019

Dataset has 63,920 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Notes
  • Code: GFSCOFOG
  • Temporal Coverage: 1972-2015
  • Geographic Coverage: 175 countries
  • Methodology: Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014)
  • Sectoral Coverage: Budgetary central government, Central government (excl. social security funds), Central government (incl. social security funds), Extrabudgetary central government, General government, Local governments, Social security funds, State governments
Dimensions codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [AF] Afghanistan
  • [AL] Albania
  • [AO] Angola
  • [AI] Anguilla
  • [AG] Antigua and Barbuda
  • [AR] Argentina
  • [AM] Armenia
  • [AW] Aruba
  • [AU] Australia
  • [AT] Austria
  • [AZ] Azerbaijan
  • [BS] Bahamas
  • [BH] Bahrain
  • [BD] Bangladesh
  • [BB] Barbados
  • [BY] Belarus
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BZ] Belize
  • [BJ] Benin
  • [BT] Bhutan
  • [BO] Bolivia
  • [BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [BW] Botswana
  • [BR] Brazil
  • [BN] Brunei Darussalam
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [BF] Burkina Faso
  • [BI] Burundi
  • [CM] Cameroon
  • [CA] Canada
  • [CV] Cape Verde
  • [CF] Central African Republic
  • [CL] Chile
  • [CN] China
  • [CO] Colombia
  • [CG] Congo
  • [CD] Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • [CK] Cook Islands
  • [CR] Costa Rica
  • [CI] Côte d'Ivoire
  • [EG] Egypt
  • [ER] Eritrea
  • [EE] Estonia
  • [ET] Ethiopia
  • [ES] Spain
  • [CH] Switzerland
  • [AE] United Arab Emirates
[REF_SECTOR] Reporting Institutional Sector
  • [S1311B] Budgetary central government
  • [S1311] Central government (excl. social security funds)
  • [S1321] Central government (incl. social security funds)
  • [S13112] Extrabudgetary central government
  • [S13] General government
  • [S1313] Local governments
  • [S1314] Social security funds
  • [S1312] State governments
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of Measure
  • [XDC] Domestic currency
  • [XDC_R_B1GQ] Percent of GDP
  • [XDC_R_OTE] Percent of total expenditure
[COFOG_FUNCTION] COFOG Function
  • [_T] Expenditure
  • [GF0402] Expenditure on agriculture, fishing, forestry, & hunting
  • [GF0104] Expenditure on basic research
  • [GF0504] Expenditure on biodiversity & landscape protection
  • [GF0803] Expenditure on broadcasting & publishing
  • [GF0202] Expenditure on civil defense
  • [GF0406] Expenditure on communication
  • [GF0602] Expenditure on community development
  • [GF0802] Expenditure on cultural services
  • [GF02] Expenditure on defense
  • [GF0205] Expenditure on defense n.e.c.
  • [GF0204] Expenditure on defense R&D
  • [GF04] Expenditure on economic affairs
  • [GF0409] Expenditure on economic affairs n.e.c.
  • [GF0408] Expenditure on economic affairs R&D
  • [GF0401] Expenditure on economic, commercial, & labour affairs
  • [GF09] Expenditure on education
  • [GF0908] Expenditure on education n.e.c.
  • [GF0905] Expenditure on education not definable by level
  • [GF0907] Expenditure on education R&D
  • [GF05] Expenditure on environment protection
  • [GF0506] Expenditure on environmental protection n.e.c.
  • [GF0505] Expenditure on environmental protection R&D
  • [GF0101] Expenditure on exec/leg, fiscal, & external affairs
  • [GF1004] Expenditure on family & children
  • [GF0302] Expenditure on fire protection services
  • [GF0102] Expenditure on foreign economic aid
  • [GF0203] Expenditure on foreign military aid
  • [GF0403] Expenditure on fuel & energy
  • [GF01] Expenditure on general public services
  • [GF0106] Expenditure on general public services n.e.c.
  • [GF0105] Expenditure on general public services R&D
  • [GF0103] Expenditure on general services
  • [GF07] Expenditure on health
  • [GF0706] Expenditure on health n.e.c.
  • [GF0705] Expenditure on health R&D
  • [GF0703] Expenditure on hospital services
  • [GF1006] Expenditure on housing
  • [GF06] Expenditure on housing & community amenities
  • [GF0606] Expenditure on housing & community amenities n.e.c.
  • [GF0605] Expenditure on housing & community amenities R&D
  • [GF0601] Expenditure on housing development
  • [GF0303] Expenditure on law courts
  • [GF0701] Expenditure on medical products, appliances, & equip
  • [GF0201] Expenditure on military defense
  • [GF0404] Expenditure on mining, manufacturing, & construction
  • [GF1002] Expenditure on old age
  • [GF0407] Expenditure on other industries
  • [GF0702] Expenditure on outpatient services
  • [GF0301] Expenditure on police services
  • [GF0503] Expenditure on pollution abatement
  • [GF0903] Expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • [GF0901] Expenditure on pre-primary & primary education
  • [GF0304] Expenditure on prisons
  • [GF0107] Expenditure on public debt transactions
  • [GF0704] Expenditure on public health services
  • [GF03] Expenditure on public order & safety
  • [GF0306] Expenditure on public order & safety n.e.c.
  • [GF0305] Expenditure on public order & safety R&D
  • [GF08] Expenditure on recreation, culture, & religion
  • [GF0806] Expenditure on recreation, culture, & religion n.e.c.
  • [GF0805] Expenditure on recreation, culture, & religion R&D
  • [GF0801] Expenditure on recreational & sporting services
  • [GF0804] Expenditure on religious & community services
  • [GF0902] Expenditure on secondary education
  • [GF1001] Expenditure on sickness & disability
  • [GF1007] Expenditure on social exclusion n.e.c.
  • [GF10] Expenditure on social protection
  • [GF1009] Expenditure on social protection n.e.c.
  • [GF1008] Expenditure on social protection R&D
  • [GF0604] Expenditure on street lighting
  • [GF0906] Expenditure on subsidiary services to education
  • [GF1003] Expenditure on survivors
  • [GF0904] Expenditure on tertiary education
  • [GF0405] Expenditure on transport
  • [GF1005] Expenditure on unemployment
  • [GF0501] Expenditure on waste management
  • [GF0502] Expenditure on waste water management
  • [GF0603] Expenditure on water supply
  • [GF0108] Transfers between different levels of govt
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