General government expenditure by function

In 2018, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 2.0% compared to 2017, reaching 4.80.

Ireland accounts for 69.6% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

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 7.20 in 2013).

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