Government consumption expenditure (million units of 2020 national currency) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Quarterly
This series is part of the dataset: Real GDP (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro Area, real government consumption expenditure was 743,007 million units of 2020 national currency in 2026-Q2, versus 741,852 in 2026-Q1. This represents a rise of 0.2 percent.
Sample. The quarterly time series presented in the figure has 126 records. The time period covered by the series is from March 1995 to June 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: government consumption expenditure recorded a bottom of 424,138 million units of 2020 national currency in March 1995; it achieved a maximum of 743,007 in June 2026; it had a mean of 573,784.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million units of 2020 national currency |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 734,116 |
| 2026-03-31 | 741,852 |
| 2026-06-30 | 743,007 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Government consumption expenditure |
| Country | Euro Area |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Real aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Chain-linked volumes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Unit | Million units of 2020 national currency |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LQ1 |
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