General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.8% compared to 2005, reaching 33.6%.

Ireland ranks 25th 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 4.3% (from 32.2% in 2001).

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