IT · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Italy, 2018
In 2018, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 1.5% compared to 2017, reaching 6.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.9%.
Italy ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.3% (from 7.0% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.