General government expenditure by function

In 2010, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 5.1% compared to 2009, reaching 7.50.

Ireland accounts for 104.2% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

Ireland ranks 8th 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 25.0% (from 6.00 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.