# Euro Area Government capital expenditure / investment

Euro Area Government capital expenditure / investment was 150,255 Million euro in Q2 2026, up 14.3% from Q1 2026 and up 4.8% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 68,743 Million euro (Q1 2017) to 182,818 Million euro (Q4 2025), averaging 107,433 Million euro.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.GOVINV.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Million euro
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/government-capital-expenditure-investment

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 150,255 Million euro |
| Q1 2026 | 131,513 Million euro |
| Q4 2025 | 182,818 Million euro |
| Q3 2025 | 145,978 Million euro |
| Q2 2025 | 143,323 Million euro |
| Q1 2025 | 124,424 Million euro |
| Q4 2024 | 161,416 Million euro |
| Q3 2024 | 133,284 Million euro |
| Q2 2024 | 131,564 Million euro |
| Q1 2024 | 114,597 Million euro |
| Q4 2023 | 149,954 Million euro |
| Q3 2023 | 123,816 Million euro |
| Q2 2023 | 118,715 Million euro |
| Q1 2023 | 101,835 Million euro |
| Q4 2022 | 130,930 Million euro |
| Q3 2022 | 110,388 Million euro |
| Q2 2022 | 104,015 Million euro |
| Q1 2022 | 91,813 Million euro |
| Q4 2021 | 120,627 Million euro |
| Q3 2021 | 104,469 Million euro |
| Q2 2021 | 96,512 Million euro |
| Q1 2021 | 83,786 Million euro |
| Q4 2020 | 110,427 Million euro |
| Q3 2020 | 96,393 Million euro |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVINV.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVINV.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```