General government expenditure by function

In 2017, Italy's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2016, reaching 6.80.

Italy accounts for 98.6% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

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 4.2% (from 7.10 in 2012).

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