Expenditure by category of expenditure

In 2024, Ireland's expenditure by category of expenditure increased by 35.6% compared to 2023, reaching 1,917,012,119.

Ireland accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 49,937,528,189.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 108.8% (from 918,038,870 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00194, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.