General government expenditure by function

In 2023, Ireland's general government expenditure by function increased by 14.9% compared to 2022, reaching 5.40.

Ireland accounts for 75.0% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

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 grown by 12.5% (from 4.80 in 2018).

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