General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 8.9% compared to 2020, reaching 5.10.

Ireland accounts for 63.7% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

Ireland ranks 27th 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 1.9% (from 5.20 in 2016).

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