General government expenditure by function

In 2016, Ireland's general government expenditure by function increased by 4.0% compared to 2015, reaching 5.20.

Ireland accounts for 74.3% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 35.0% (from 8.00 in 2011).

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