General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2004, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.3% compared to 2003, reaching 32.8%.

Ireland ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 32.5% in 1999).

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