General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.1% compared to 2006, reaching 6.2%.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.1% (from 5.9% in 2002).

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