General government expenditure by function

In 2015, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 24.2% compared to 2014, reaching 5.00.

Ireland accounts for 71.4% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Ireland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.3% (from 7.50 in 2010).

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