IT · 2015 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Italy, 2015
In 2015, Italy's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.0% compared to 2014, reaching 21.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.6%.
Italy ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.6% (from 19.7% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.