IE · 2024 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2024
In 2024, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 22.4%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 49.1%.
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 6.3% (from 23.9% in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.