General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Italy's general government expenditure by function decreased by 5.1% compared to 2020, reaching 7.40.

Italy accounts for 92.5% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

Italy ranks 13th 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 2016).

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