General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 6.7% compared to 2006, reaching 12.8%.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 17.4% (from 10.9% in 2002).

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