General government expenditure by function

In 2024, Ireland's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2023, reaching 5.40.

Ireland accounts for 73.0% of the EU-27 total of 7.40.

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 12.5% (from 4.80 in 2019).

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