General government expenditure by function

In 2020, Ireland's general government expenditure by function increased by 16.7% compared to 2019, reaching 5.60.

Ireland accounts for 70.0% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

Ireland ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.0% (from 5.00 in 2015).

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