IE · 2019 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2018, reaching 3.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.7%.
Ireland ranks 27th 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 28.6% (from 4.2% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.