General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.7% compared to 2005, reaching 5.9%.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 13.5% (from 5.2% in 2001).

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