IT · 2023 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Italy, 2023
In 2023, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.8% compared to 2022, reaching 6.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.2%.
Italy ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.0% (from 6.7% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.