IE · 2013 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Ireland, 2013
In 2013, Ireland's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 6.9% compared to 2012, reaching 14.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.9%.
Ireland ranks 19th 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 1.3% (from 15.1% in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.