General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2004, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 8.3% compared to 2003, reaching 1.3%.

Italy ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.2% (from 1.1% in 1999).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.