government spending
Government expenditures based on COFOG categories
A (tidy) data frame with 5140 observations on the following 4 variables.
country Country of origin
category The COFOG expenditures are divided into
in the following ten categories: general public services;
defence; public order and safety; economic affairs;
environmental protection; housing and community amenities;
health; recreation, culture and religion; education; and
social protection.
year Year
value COFOG spendings/expenditures
The general government sector consists of central, state and local governments, and the social security funds controlled by these units. The data are based on the system of national accounts, a set of internationally agreed concepts, definitions, classifications and rules for national accounting. The classification of functions of government (COFOG) is used as classification system. The central government spending by category is measured as a percentage of total expenditures.
translated from https://data.oecd.org/ and restructured by Matthias Templ
OECD: https://data.oecd.org/
data(govexp) str(govexp)
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