IE · 2020 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Ireland, 2020

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
0.2%
Ireland, 2020
▲ 0.0% vs 2019 (0.2%)
Analysis

In 2020, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2019, reaching 0.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.3%.

Ireland ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.3% (from 0.3% in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
15.4%
EU-27: 1.3%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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