General government expenditure by function

In 2019, Ireland's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2018, reaching 4.80.

Ireland accounts for 68.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Ireland ranks 22nd 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 27.3% (from 6.60 in 2014).

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