General government expenditure by function

In 2024, Italy's general government expenditure by function increased by 1.5% compared to 2023, reaching 6.60.

Italy accounts for 89.2% of the EU-27 total of 7.40.

Italy ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.5% (from 6.70 in 2019).

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