General government expenditure by function

In 2010, Italy's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2009, reaching 7.40.

Italy accounts for 102.8% of the EU-27 total of 7.20.

Italy ranks 10th 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 8.8% (from 6.80 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.