IE · 2010 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2010
In 2010, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 38.4% compared to 2009, reaching 64.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 50.7%.
Ireland ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 96.7% (from 33.0% in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.