# Italy General government total expenditure, quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn)

Italy General government total expenditure, quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn) was up 4.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 290,793 € million.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.2% (Q4 2024) to 12.8% (Q1 2021), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.GOVEXP.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (110 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/general-government-total-expenditure-quarterly-unadjusted-eur-mn

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 290,793 € million | 4.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 276,995 € million | 2.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 335,211 € million | 4.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 272,852 € million | 4.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 278,925 € million | 3.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 270,250 € million | 4.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 321,241 € million | −7.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 261,983 € million | −2.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 270,012 € million | 0.08 |
| Q1 2024 | 258,462 € million | −1.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 346,241 € million | 7.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 269,869 € million | 1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 269,797 € million | 3.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 262,581 € million | 6.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 323,356 € million | 7.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 267,149 € million | 10.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 260,618 € million | 2.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 246,098 € million | 3.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 301,301 € million | 7.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 240,938 € million | 6.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 253,487 € million | 9.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 237,495 € million | 12.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 279,325 € million | 9.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 225,589 € million | 10.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVEXP.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVEXP.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```