General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2005, reaching 6.8%.

Italy ranks 6th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.5% (from 6.1% in 2001).

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