MT · 2017 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2017
In 2017, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.0% compared to 2016, reaching 0.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.2%.
Malta ranks 25th 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 14.3% (from 0.7% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.