IE · 2012 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.7% compared to 2011, reaching 7.7%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
Ireland ranks 8th 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 24.2% (from 6.2% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.