General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.6% compared to 2005, reaching 17.2%.

Italy ranks 7th 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 4.2% (from 16.5% in 2001).

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