IE · 2012 · tepsr_sp110
General government expenditure by function
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's general government expenditure by function decreased by 3.7% compared to 2011, reaching 7.70.
Ireland accounts for 108.5% of the EU-27 total of 7.10.
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 6.20 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.