General government expenditure by function

In 2022, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 7.8% compared to 2021, reaching 4.70.

Ireland accounts for 61.8% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.

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 4.1% (from 4.90 in 2017).

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