IE · 2014 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2014
In 2014, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 8.3% compared to 2013, reaching 6.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
Ireland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.5% (from 7.9% in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.