Italy's spending on public
administration last year totalled 51.1% of economic output,
according to a Eurostat report Tuesday.
That was slightly more than the average across the total
European Union's 28 members, which was 48.1% of EU GDP and
totalled 6.7 billion euros last year.
That also represented a decrease from the 48.6% of EU GDP
spent on public administration in 2013.
Total eurozone spending on public administration reached
4.961 billion euros last year, or 49% of GDP and below the 49.4%
ratio in 2013.
Among EU member states, strong declines in spending were
reported in Greece, where PA budgets as a percentage of GDP fell
by 10.7% last year compared with 2013, and in Slovenia, which
reported a 9.9% drop.
Meanwhile, Finland, France and Denmark reported ratios of
more than 57% of GDP for public administration.
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