# European Union (EU27) - Government capital expenditure / investment

European Union (EU27) - Government capital expenditure / investment was 188,067 Million euro in Q2 2026, up 21.3% from Q1 2026 and up 7.7% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 79,873 Million euro (Q1 2017) to 237,913 Million euro (Q4 2025), averaging 132,341 Million euro.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.GOVINV.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Million euro
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-government-capital-expenditure-investment

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 188,067 Million euro |
| Q1 2026 | 155,004 Million euro |
| Q4 2025 | 237,913 Million euro |
| Q3 2025 | 181,270 Million euro |
| Q2 2025 | 174,591 Million euro |
| Q1 2025 | 149,840 Million euro |
| Q4 2024 | 208,293 Million euro |
| Q3 2024 | 164,200 Million euro |
| Q2 2024 | 160,402 Million euro |
| Q1 2024 | 136,905 Million euro |
| Q4 2023 | 200,226 Million euro |
| Q3 2023 | 152,407 Million euro |
| Q2 2023 | 144,340 Million euro |
| Q1 2023 | 120,281 Million euro |
| Q4 2022 | 168,150 Million euro |
| Q3 2022 | 133,959 Million euro |
| Q2 2022 | 125,306 Million euro |
| Q1 2022 | 108,140 Million euro |
| Q4 2021 | 154,665 Million euro |
| Q3 2021 | 126,372 Million euro |
| Q2 2021 | 117,293 Million euro |
| Q1 2021 | 99,367 Million euro |
| Q4 2020 | 142,193 Million euro |
| Q3 2020 | 118,532 Million euro |

## API

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

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