# European Union (EU27) - General government total expenditure, EUR mn, SCA

European Union (EU27) - General government total expenditure, EUR mn, SCA was up 5.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 2,435,745 € million.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.02% (Q4 2016) to 12.0% (Q2 2020), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.GOVEXP.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-general-government-total-expenditure-eur-mn-sca

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 2,435,745 € million | 5.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,393,388 € million | 5.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,393,431 € million | 5.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,349,952 € million | 5.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,309,452 € million | 4.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,280,354 € million | 5.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,262,307 € million | 3.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,236,992 € million | 5.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,201,877 € million | 5.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,163,308 € million | 5.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,178,956 € million | 4.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,124,869 € million | 5.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,087,668 € million | 7.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,048,154 € million | 7.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,076,934 € million | 8.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,020,353 € million | 7.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,937,606 € million | 2.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,910,423 € million | 1.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,915,053 € million | 4.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,880,000 € million | 4.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,892,910 € million | 2.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,879,557 € million | 10.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,840,463 € million | 10.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,797,043 € million | 8.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EU.GOVEXP.Q.SA"

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